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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
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.
While I enjoyed the premise and the thought of being buried alive was horrifying, the pacing was entirely too slow. He makes a point to say how in a hurry the husband is to bury her, yet the story was overly drawn out. It would’ve taken the ex longer to arrive than what was portrayed. The timeline didn’t “mesh” for me. There was plenty of tension building but it was still too slow for my taste.
Pacing is super slow compared to his other works. Feels very much more like a Stephen King book than his usual stuff, which seems like a compliment but I generally find King to be long winded and unintentionally sexist.
This is a book with a fascinating concept about a really powerfully interesting woman and almost the entire book is about a male character with a very one dimensional personality. Rot and Ghost were a little bit more interesting but overall I don't understand why anyone is trying to classify this as horror. Very little tension throughout.
This is a book with a fascinating concept about a really powerfully interesting woman and almost the entire book is about a male character with a very one dimensional personality. Rot and Ghost were a little bit more interesting but overall I don't understand why anyone is trying to classify this as horror. Very little tension throughout.
I found this hard to get into. Lots of characters, short chapters jumping from one person to another. It did eventually draw me in, though.
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Conceptually was into it. I didnt feel like I was connected to any of the characters and there wasn't so much suspense that I felt like I wanted to keep reading. But I haven't read any books like this one before, so it does have that going for it.
When I saw there was a map in the beginning, I knew it wasn't a horror novel as I expected it to be. It's a weird mix of genres-- the Western aspects are not my cup of tea. Other parts feel like they're inspired by Neil Gaiman, but they're not quite as good. The book's not terrible, but it's not as good as Malerman's others.