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by: Simone St. James
Published: Feb 18, 2020
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Fiction, Thriller
327 Pages, E-Book
★★★
GoodReads Synopsis:
The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.
My Review:
Viv goes missing in 1982 from a small town in upstate New York. Presumed dead for 35 years, her niece Carly travels to Fell, NY to get answers about her disappearance.
The story centers. around a run-down motel where Viv worked while in Fell -- she was in search of New York City. Viv worked the overnight shift and when she vanished, it was like life in the town just kept going and no one batted an eye at trying to find the missing woman. Not just Viv but the other missing women in town didn't get a fair shake either!
The motel holds its own secrets and is the center of all the hoopla in town but, there is also a serial killer on the loose. Girls are found dead all over town and not a single cop is putting forth any good cop work to find the killer. Viv did more cop work than actually, paid cops.
Supernatural. Ghosts. Spirits. All-around strange people. I could have done without the supernatural aspect of this story, it was sloppy and unnecessary. I get it, Viv couldn't have been a victim of the serial killer because that is obvious but everything else was poorly written and fleshed out.
Heather. Callum. All of them, are unnecessary. Not really true-crime, not really a thriller, more like a sci-fi mystery.
One-Word Summary: Interesting
#simone st. james#sun down motel#sci fi books#books i read#books i recommend#2023 tbr#book shelf#books#3 stars#thriller#mystery#true crime
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What’s wild is that Type: Null (at the time) was the only one of its kind so the fact that it COULD evolve was a concept Gladion did not know about. Was Type: Null a Pokémon created to evolve? Because the Aether Foundation created Type: Null to “fight” Ultra Beasts. Or did Gladion love and care for this Pokémon so much (and of course type: null loved and cared for him just as strong) that it broke free if not only it’s mask but also it’s genetics. It genetically grew stronger with Gladion to protect/continue to fight with him. I can only imagine Gladion’s surprise! The Dex even says
“Although its name was Type: Null at first, the boy who evolved it into this form gave it the name by which it is now known.” (-Moon Dex Entry)
#Pokémon#pokémon sun and moon#gladion#type: null#silvally#Pokémon Sun and Moon Posting#in the year of our lord 2023?#YOURE GODDAMN RIGHT#off topic but I hold to the belief that the Sun and Moon cast is the best Pokémon has ever done#hands down#lll never stop thinking about them#what if you and your dog were both treated bad and then as you grew your dog evolved as well to become strong just because it loved you#I know we all make fun of gladion for having friendship evalvs#but it makes so much sense?#he’s a sweet kid with a lot of angst#and he loves his Pokémon because#Team Skull doesn’t treat him well#and he lives in a motel !#and his mom sucks !!
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Simone St. James
The Sun Down Motel
#typoedit#typographyedit#litedit#typography#simone st. james#the sun down motel#id in alt text#**t#**
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The Sun Down Motel
By Simone St. James
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis
"Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isn't right at the motel, something haunting and scary.
Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. Carly decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt."
Review
Simone St. James has been and continues to be one of my favorite authors. She has this way of captivating her readers and trapping them in the worlds she creates. The Sun Down Motel consumed me and had me holding my breath to the very end. My body physically relaxed at the end of this book, that is the BEST feeling by far. Everything is played out beautifully and leaves you wanting more. I was up till 1 a.m. determined to finish this book.
At the beginning of reading The Sun Down Motel, I was annotating and enjoying it until I wasn't. It had begun to feel like an assignment rather than for fun so it hindered my reading progress for this book. I need to figure out a way to properly annotate so I don't fall into another reading slump.
Any tips would be appreciated!
Anyways, back to the book review.
Simone St. James speaks of the reality of what it means to be a woman in society. How the world perceives and treats us. How predators are lingering in the shadows, waiting for the right opportunity. How women's voices go unheard and our lives so easily discarded. Simone doesn't sugarcoat our reality, she airs it out for all her readers. Her books hold powerful messages if you are willing to pay attention to them.
Viv and Carly are amazing in their own ways and have a special place in my heart. There was a part or two I didn't enjoy, but it wasn't bad enough for this book to lose a star over.
All around a great read!
Simone St. James started my reading journey with The Book of Cold Cases and continues to push me forward with The Sun Down Motel. I owe Simone St. James a lot.
Favorite Quotes
"I know you from somewhere. Where? There are so many. I know all of their faces. But I can't see you. Which one are you?
I'm the one you didn't kill."
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5 SECOND REVIEW:
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
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“You'd be amazed how many people do that – disappear as if into thin air. They leave doors open behind them, food on the counter, their shoes by the door. It doesn't seem possible, but it is.”
— The Sun Down Motel (Simone St. James)
#book quotes#horror fiction#thriller fiction#mystery fiction#simone st. james#the sun down motel#mysteries#leaving#disappearing#hiding#crime#murder
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Quote of the Day - October 12, 2022
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#Books#Fall#Halloween#Halloween Quotes#Halloween Season#Mysteries#Mystery & Thriller#Quote of the Day#Quotes#Quotes from Books#Simone St. James#Spooky Quotes#Spooky Reads#The Sun Down Motel
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– Simone St. James, The Sun Down Motel
#book quote of the day#simone st. james#the sun down motel#this book is so quotable#horror#thriller#mystery#book recommendations#booklr
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me, reading a horror novel before bed: surely this won't have any negative impacts
also me, waking from my third nightmare: oh no
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After finishing Midnight Motel I can tell that Mote has much more chemistry with Sun than with Kat.
#midnight motel#mote#sun#kat#gmmtv series#off jumpol#mond tanutchai#personal opinion#that was a really good show#i hope the midnight series don't let me down
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Ivy and coney island? Champagne problems and clean? Lavendar haze and the man? Getaway car and lover?
Coney Island, clean, lavender haze, getaway car
Make me choose between two taylor swift songs (or be like em and send me multiple if you want)
#oh you are cruel#asks#vanillalipstick66#em#SORRY FOR NOT MAKING YOU MY CENTREFOLD OVER AND OVER LOST AGAIN WITH NO SURPRISES DISAPPOINTMENTS CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IT GETS COLDER AND#COLDER WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN#champagne problems is amazing but it has been hyped too much#i just wanna staaay in that lavender haaaaaaze#im in a getaway car. i left you in the motel bar. put the money in the bag and i stole the kEYS THAT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU EVER SAW ME.#these were how my decisions were made
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“I think it’s instructive to be awake in the middle of the night every once in a while. To really see what you’re missing while you’re usually sleeping.”
The Sun Down Motel
By Simone St. James
Read: 7.27.2022
👻📒😕🌅🌃
#the sun down motel#simone st. james#horror#mystery#thriller#books#reading#flouread#meh#not scary at all#my favorite characters ended up dead or showed up for 2 sentences
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Simone St. James
The Sun Down Motel
#typographyedit#typography#typoedit#litedit#simone st. james#the sun down motel#id in alt text#**t#**
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#simone st. james#bestsellingbook#bookworm#the sun down motel#thriller#amazing#nightynight#vacancy#new york#design#berkley publishing
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“Some of us like the dark. It’s what we know.”
#books read in 2022#reading#bookblr#books#book photography#book blog#the sun down motel#simone st. james#horror#thriller#ghosts#murder#serial killer#pretty good#couldn’t put down at the end#29#of the year
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I glanced at Heather. She was perked up, her face tight and serious. There are so many of them, she'd said when I first met her, and when I asked her what she meant, she said, Dead girls.
— The Sun Down Motel (Simone St. James)
#book quotes#horror fiction#thriller fiction#mystery fiction#simone st. james#the sun down motel#crime#murder#misogyny#femicide
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