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urlphantomhive's review
4.0
3.5 Stars
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When Oliver was a kid, the mountain spoke to him for the first time, demanding a sacrifice. Now he's the most respected member in the Point Hollow community, but the mountain hasn't stopped calling...
I was surprised how much I liked the story. It's grim. A mountain filled with children's bones. A seemingly perfectly normal little town. All good ingredients for a spooky read. Although the story was predictable at times I still enjoyed reading it a lot, although it might not be the best read for those with a weak stomach.
I was - like usually - not really charmed by the changing POVs in combination with a historical and a modern time line. It's not my favourite, but something that's done a lot these days.
I would pick up another book by this author.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
When Oliver was a kid, the mountain spoke to him for the first time, demanding a sacrifice. Now he's the most respected member in the Point Hollow community, but the mountain hasn't stopped calling...
I was surprised how much I liked the story. It's grim. A mountain filled with children's bones. A seemingly perfectly normal little town. All good ingredients for a spooky read. Although the story was predictable at times I still enjoyed reading it a lot, although it might not be the best read for those with a weak stomach.
I was - like usually - not really charmed by the changing POVs in combination with a historical and a modern time line. It's not my favourite, but something that's done a lot these days.
I would pick up another book by this author.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
evewithanapple's review
5.0
I could make some small criticisms if I wanted to (the ending was very SURPRISE, BITCH in the sense that the villain kept dying and then making a sudden recovery; it was extremely thin on female characters, and the ones that did exist got rather the short end of the stick) but honestly, I'm so pleased that this novel features evil being defeated by the power of friendship and A HERD OF ANGRY DEER, I just can't bring myself to pick on it. Shine on, you cloven diamond.
stephaniemwytovich's review
5.0
This is the fourth book that I've read by Rio Youers and it certainly won't be my last. His writing is imaginative, poetic, and it never ceases to create an immediacy in me that makes me want to devour the entire novel in one night.
The characters in Point Hollow are broken in beautifully haunting ways and their struggle to overcome the monsters that live inside of them quickly becomes the driving force of the story. I highly recommend this devilishly dark tale of small-town horror, but I especially recommend it to those of us who grew up near/in the woods and have always wandered who, or what, was watching us through the trees when we went to sleep at night.
The characters in Point Hollow are broken in beautifully haunting ways and their struggle to overcome the monsters that live inside of them quickly becomes the driving force of the story. I highly recommend this devilishly dark tale of small-town horror, but I especially recommend it to those of us who grew up near/in the woods and have always wandered who, or what, was watching us through the trees when we went to sleep at night.
the_original_shelf_monkey's review
4.0
Youers lays out clues as to how this ungodly pit of despair came to be, but backstory is not the fuel for this horror, it’s the physical manifestation of indescribable malevolence driving the narrative. As the extent of Point Hollow’s degeneracy becomes more and more apparent to the novels many characters (all of whom are extremely well-drawn), so too the horror exponentially grows. Youers’ creation is not a pleasant read — I’ll likely never eat an Oreo cookie again — but that’s as it should be, that’s how you know the horror is working. It’s a grotesque, filthy, and gruesome trek into evil (think [a:Jack Ketchum|90070|Jack Ketchum|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1398128441p2/90070.jpg]), and I highly recommend it. It’d make a fine double-bill with Michael Rowe’s [b:Enter, Night|11515975|Enter, Night|Michael Rowe|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327898829s/11515975.jpg|16452403].
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