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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Love this book. Living close to Devil’s Creek had me chasing all the local ghosts. Awesome read!
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
I'm always going to pick up a book that has mentions of a cult in the blurb. It's just something I find so utterly fascinating but every time I do pick up these books, I'm always left disappointed and Devil's Creek was unfortunately no different.
Devil's Creek is set in Kentucky where there used to be a church that was home to a death cult ran by Jacob Masters. He believes in some nameless god and starts to get quite a lot of followers from the local town. In 1983, the church burned down after a mass suicide but some people did survive, including Jacob's 6 children and their grandparents. The main character we follow is one of these children - Jack Tremly. He is now an adult who returns to his hometown after his grandmother passes away. However, all he finds there now are more secrets and supernatural goings on.
We don't get a whole lot of information on the actual cult and what went on prior to 1983. Anything we do get is written very well and was super interesting, I just needed a bit more of it. Anything with Jack and his siblings in the present day is super boring. I really didn't care for it until the supernatural stuff started happening and even then it was very slow and you knew exactly how it was going to end.
Overall, this wasn't very scary/horror filled and it was really boring.
2 stars.
Devil's Creek is set in Kentucky where there used to be a church that was home to a death cult ran by Jacob Masters. He believes in some nameless god and starts to get quite a lot of followers from the local town. In 1983, the church burned down after a mass suicide but some people did survive, including Jacob's 6 children and their grandparents. The main character we follow is one of these children - Jack Tremly. He is now an adult who returns to his hometown after his grandmother passes away. However, all he finds there now are more secrets and supernatural goings on.
We don't get a whole lot of information on the actual cult and what went on prior to 1983. Anything we do get is written very well and was super interesting, I just needed a bit more of it. Anything with Jack and his siblings in the present day is super boring. I really didn't care for it until the supernatural stuff started happening and even then it was very slow and you knew exactly how it was going to end.
Overall, this wasn't very scary/horror filled and it was really boring.
2 stars.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Cosmic horror meets religious rural America. Gross (complimentary)!
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Poor character development and a very underwhelming climax. Made it almost to the end but couldn't quite bring myself to finish.
Dark, twisted and maybe 100 pages too long.
Don't get me wrong I adored this, it's well written and the plot is absolutely delicious but I do think that it dragged on a tad too long.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Don't get me wrong I adored this, it's well written and the plot is absolutely delicious but I do think that it dragged on a tad too long.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Updated review 2/5/23. Originally done 6/19/23. Did not finish this. It was too religious for my tastes, and the writing style was difficult to read. My focus kept wandering, and I even preferred to stare at the wall instead of trying to read this. I'm sure others enjoyed it, but it didn't suit my tastes personally. Perhaps I was not in the right head space for it, or maybe I was not the right age when I attempted to read it. I may eventually try again, but for now, it will be shelved away.