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rooooomie's review
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
cpagano86's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
reibread's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
nhernandez2015's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kimberlyf's review
2.0
Hot Springs Drive is about the interwoven lives of two families, the Lindens and the Stinsons. Theresa Linden catches her best friend and neighbor, Jackie Stinson, having an affair with her husband. The next day, Theresa is found dead in her garage.
This book navigates back and forth between many different point of views, giving us a deep look in to each character’s life, actions, and true thoughts. In part one, readers get to know the characters before the murder occurs and in part two, readers see how the characters have moved on after Theresa’s death. While there is murder in this story, it is much less of a “who” did it story and more of a “why”. Why did Theresa have to die? What was the motivating factor?
In true literary fiction fashion, there is very little plot progression to drive this story forward. Instead, this story is all about the characters: their actions, yes, but also their wants, needs, desires, and wrong-doings. I would even go so far as to call this book a character study. Unfortunately, for me, this story needed more plot to pull it forward because the characters weren’t enough. They weren’t interesting enough and I couldn’t find a way to care about a single one of them. In addition to my overall lack of interest, I found the formatting of the book sloppy and unorganized.
I really saw the potential in it so maybe I just wasn't in the right head space to read this but man, did it drag... Proven by the fact that it took me a week to finish 300 pages.
Thank you to NetGalley for my digital copy. Out 11/07/2023.
This book navigates back and forth between many different point of views, giving us a deep look in to each character’s life, actions, and true thoughts. In part one, readers get to know the characters before the murder occurs and in part two, readers see how the characters have moved on after Theresa’s death. While there is murder in this story, it is much less of a “who” did it story and more of a “why”. Why did Theresa have to die? What was the motivating factor?
In true literary fiction fashion, there is very little plot progression to drive this story forward. Instead, this story is all about the characters: their actions, yes, but also their wants, needs, desires, and wrong-doings. I would even go so far as to call this book a character study. Unfortunately, for me, this story needed more plot to pull it forward because the characters weren’t enough. They weren’t interesting enough and I couldn’t find a way to care about a single one of them. In addition to my overall lack of interest, I found the formatting of the book sloppy and unorganized.
I really saw the potential in it so maybe I just wasn't in the right head space to read this but man, did it drag... Proven by the fact that it took me a week to finish 300 pages.
Thank you to NetGalley for my digital copy. Out 11/07/2023.
mztaraln76's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
catherinept's review
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
melby_87's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0