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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Exciting!
It really drives me crazy when an author over uses phrases. In this book it's "shudders" (as in the characters actually SAYING that, not doing the motion) and "hell's heaven." Good lord you could turn those two into a drinking game easily with this book!
I was bored. The premise was good, but I felt as if everything of interest, was in the last 50 pages. Carol isn't even buried until the last 20 or so, yet the book is named after unburying her?? Come on...
Read this fully, because it was a book club pick, and it wasn't terrible enough to me to DNF, I just...didn't enjoy it.
I pretty much skipped most of the chapters Smoke was in, because he was terrible. As was all the jumping from character to character without even fully knowing it ahead of time.
Would not recommend.
I was bored. The premise was good, but I felt as if everything of interest, was in the last 50 pages. Carol isn't even buried until the last 20 or so, yet the book is named after unburying her?? Come on...
Read this fully, because it was a book club pick, and it wasn't terrible enough to me to DNF, I just...didn't enjoy it.
I pretty much skipped most of the chapters Smoke was in, because he was terrible. As was all the jumping from character to character without even fully knowing it ahead of time.
Would not recommend.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to like this book SO badly.
And perhaps if variations of the phase 'pig-shitter' hadn't peppered nearly every page, (among other reasons), I could have managed just that. But unfortunately, I found this novel to be nearly insufferable. Unexplored, pseudo-Wild West type setting, filled with characters that supposedly reflect the Sleeping Beauty myth, but are in fact very dull and not at all fleshed out. And a basic plot that is so uncomplicated as to be mildly insulting.
The sadistic antagonist was nearly interesting, as were a few choice supernatural scenes/moments in the novel; those being the only mildly amusing points to be had in 'Unbury Carol'. The former being the only reason this novel could ilk out a 2-2.5 star review from me.
Don't waste your time on this one.
And perhaps if variations of the phase 'pig-shitter' hadn't peppered nearly every page, (among other reasons), I could have managed just that. But unfortunately, I found this novel to be nearly insufferable. Unexplored, pseudo-Wild West type setting, filled with characters that supposedly reflect the Sleeping Beauty myth, but are in fact very dull and not at all fleshed out. And a basic plot that is so uncomplicated as to be mildly insulting.
The sadistic antagonist was nearly interesting, as were a few choice supernatural scenes/moments in the novel; those being the only mildly amusing points to be had in 'Unbury Carol'. The former being the only reason this novel could ilk out a 2-2.5 star review from me.
Don't waste your time on this one.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
I have such beef with this author lol. In my experience he has such interesting premises but the execution is nearly always particularly frustrating to read... I may have to just accept they're not the author for me
What a weird, wonderful, nuts-as-shit book.
A Western, an action-y thriller, a horror story, and ultimately, a story about love (many kinds), this book defies description and that's pretty coolio.
Carol can't die. Well, no. She dies all the time. But she's really in a coma, in Howltown. And the people who love her, save one, make sure she's all right. Until there's no one to watch over her.
A Western, an action-y thriller, a horror story, and ultimately, a story about love (many kinds), this book defies description and that's pretty coolio.
Carol can't die. Well, no. She dies all the time. But she's really in a coma, in Howltown. And the people who love her, save one, make sure she's all right. Until there's no one to watch over her.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Giving this 4 stars because this was fast, entertaining and has a seriously creepy evil villain. This is set in the old west along a claustrophobic strip of road known only as The Trail and we follow several various POV's of people that populate it.
What kept me from giving this 5 stars is that I feel that the characters could all use a few extra pages to develop so we could get a real feel for everyone's motivations. The one character we get the most of, the villain Smoke, felt the most fleshed out and it's no surprise that we got a larger page count from him.
Now bring on the film adaptation. I have my dream cast picked out.
What kept me from giving this 5 stars is that I feel that the characters could all use a few extra pages to develop so we could get a real feel for everyone's motivations. The one character we get the most of, the villain Smoke, felt the most fleshed out and it's no surprise that we got a larger page count from him.
Now bring on the film adaptation. I have my dream cast picked out.