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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail
Honestly, I wish this book had just been about revitalizing Bechinna with some fun home reno as part of it. I didn’t love either of the main characters and I felt like this book just lacked subtlety. I don’t read a ton of horror, but I feel like as a genre it really thrives in the things that are unspoken. There’s a quiet, pervasive uneasiness. Nothing concrete has happened, but something is making the characters and the reader uncomfortable. That’s accomplished to some extent in the beginning of the book, but eventually that concept is completely thrown out the window and things start happening on the page. The last third of the book fell really flat for me. Overall, a pretty disappointing read to end the year.
Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I appreciate that this isn't just an "and they all lives happily ever after" ending, but at the same time I'm getting kind of tired of every horror book, especially the ones dealing with possession ending the same way. Despite popular belief, it is actually okay for your characters to have a "happy" ending sometimes.
I thought the first half of the book was pretty slow, and it took me way too long to read considering it's a fairly short book, but I did enjoy it overall.
I thought the first half of the book was pretty slow, and it took me way too long to read considering it's a fairly short book, but I did enjoy it overall.
C-
hated main characters and was boring. waste of my time
hated main characters and was boring. waste of my time
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No