
leahrosereads
Written on Apr 1, 2018
Some more body chills from an author that's fast becoming a must read/must buy for me. I wish I had taken a break between this and THE WINTER PEOPLE because that book is just so fantastic, and I felt like THE NIGHT SISTER fell a tad short.
It had several similar elements, and I'm guessing that's just how this author writes. The reader gets a past that's spooky and mysterious and a present tense that ties them both together. The supernatural and mystery elements feel so unique that I have not been able to see what's going to happen, until it finally does. Which is what makes a great mystery.
The characters in this book are more unlikable and flawed than in THE WINTER PEOPLE, and that makes sense. Family vs. teenager-ish, and teenagers vs. adults. The backstories provided for more flawed characters in THE NIGHT SISTER and should have made for a more interesting story.
I just felt every element of this book was lacking just a smidge compared to THE WINTER PEOPLE. The supernatural element was really interesting conceptually, but I don't feel like there was enough information to really cement it to the story fully. The characters weren't as sympathetic, and I didn't empathize as well as I should have.
I think I'm going to need to re-read this one in the future and not on the coattails of THE WINTER PEOPLE. I just don't think I'm giving this story the unbiased opinion that it deserves. I'm still going to recommend it and Jennifer McMahon in the future to everyone. If I can smash this book into the face of my friends and force the words into their eyeballs, I will.
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If I don't also have THE WINTER PEOPLE on hand to do exactly that to everyone else with instead.
It had several similar elements, and I'm guessing that's just how this author writes. The reader gets a past that's spooky and mysterious and a present tense that ties them both together. The supernatural and mystery elements feel so unique that I have not been able to see what's going to happen, until it finally does. Which is what makes a great mystery.
The characters in this book are more unlikable and flawed than in THE WINTER PEOPLE, and that makes sense. Family vs. teenager-ish, and teenagers vs. adults. The backstories provided for more flawed characters in THE NIGHT SISTER and should have made for a more interesting story.
I just felt every element of this book was lacking just a smidge compared to THE WINTER PEOPLE. The supernatural element was really interesting conceptually, but I don't feel like there was enough information to really cement it to the story fully. The characters weren't as sympathetic, and I didn't empathize as well as I should have.
I think I'm going to need to re-read this one in the future and not on the coattails of THE WINTER PEOPLE. I just don't think I'm giving this story the unbiased opinion that it deserves. I'm still going to recommend it and Jennifer McMahon in the future to everyone. If I can smash this book into the face of my friends and force the words into their eyeballs, I will.
...
If I don't also have THE WINTER PEOPLE on hand to do exactly that to everyone else with instead.