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A review by pagesplotsandpints
The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski
2.5
Read Completed 1/23/24 | 2.5 stars
This was fine, but not good. I was interested in this after reading the author's previous book, THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR and hoping for more growth and potential in her next book, but this felt far less cohesive.
THE WEEKEND RETREAT mostly suffered because it had too many POVs. There are four of them, all of them female, and while the personalities were different, I still had a really hard time getting the hang of them for way too long. They also just weren't that interesting or unique, some of them blending together, some of them just plain bothering me.
The other issue I had was the pacing. The beginning was just slow and boring, and if I hadn't read another book from Tara Laskowski, I probably wouldn't have finished it. I don't really like thrillers with insufferable, spoiled characters from rich families and these characters didn't interest me at all. This trope/concept can work for me if the characters are well-developed but they never really got there.
The ending had a twist, but I saw it coming quite early so it wasn't really surprising. My other issue its hat it wasn't really done well. If there was more connection to it in the beginning or some wild consequences in the end, it would have landed a bit more, but it just wasn't satisfying enough.
I can see some readers liking this but there's been better and this just didn't do it for me!
This was fine, but not good. I was interested in this after reading the author's previous book, THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR and hoping for more growth and potential in her next book, but this felt far less cohesive.
THE WEEKEND RETREAT mostly suffered because it had too many POVs. There are four of them, all of them female, and while the personalities were different, I still had a really hard time getting the hang of them for way too long. They also just weren't that interesting or unique, some of them blending together, some of them just plain bothering me.
The other issue I had was the pacing. The beginning was just slow and boring, and if I hadn't read another book from Tara Laskowski, I probably wouldn't have finished it. I don't really like thrillers with insufferable, spoiled characters from rich families and these characters didn't interest me at all. This trope/concept can work for me if the characters are well-developed but they never really got there.
The ending had a twist, but I saw it coming quite early so it wasn't really surprising. My other issue its hat it wasn't really done well. If there was more connection to it in the beginning or some wild consequences in the end, it would have landed a bit more, but it just wasn't satisfying enough.
I can see some readers liking this but there's been better and this just didn't do it for me!