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racham1123's review
2.0
Not my favorite. Hellhole was given to me as a gift and it has a personalized autograph inside the flap so of course it will remain on my shelves, but I did enjoy Bottles first novel Lumberjacked more. Hellhole was just ok in my opinion. I completely loathe long chapters and there's only five in the whole book. The writing is also choppy, I think it's just Bottles style; just not my thing. I did find the zombie coal miners to be relatively humorous with their mining hats and pitchaxes. I'm not sure why we're supposed to just know that zombies like the beach though?
...I think if you're more up to par on supernatural events and local tales that you'll get more from this book than I did. I still don't know what the Mothman reference was, but I also don't know the story itself so it kind of breaks even for me.
I will agree with other reviewers that if you don't like reading S&M, graphic pornography or really anything kinky maybe this isn't the book for you. It didn't bother me really, the book as a whole just wasn't enough for me. If I could really take the time to learn all the supernatural tales or become familiar with strange occurrences in West Virginia, I would love to revisit this book at a later date and try again.
...I think if you're more up to par on supernatural events and local tales that you'll get more from this book than I did. I still don't know what the Mothman reference was, but I also don't know the story itself so it kind of breaks even for me.
I will agree with other reviewers that if you don't like reading S&M, graphic pornography or really anything kinky maybe this isn't the book for you. It didn't bother me really, the book as a whole just wasn't enough for me. If I could really take the time to learn all the supernatural tales or become familiar with strange occurrences in West Virginia, I would love to revisit this book at a later date and try again.
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