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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Highly recommend Christian White books! The setting being a few suburbs away, the music mention sending me back to my teen years and the issues of teen life made it a very relatable read!
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Christian White is cementing himself as a quality Australian crime/thriller writer. Once again he has written a book full of plot twists, keeping the reader intrigued to the last page. Set in the dying stages of 1989, I really enjoyed the timeframe (maybe because it was my last year of high school) and I thought the story unfolded at a good pace.
It's 1989 and high school teacher Tom Witter is using his summer break time to catch up on odd jobs around the house. When a local girl (and one of his students) goes missing, Tom is keen to help and to protect his sons from a similar fate. As rumours of Satanic rituals take hold, the town starts to work itself into a frenzy, and soon Tom and the girls father take things into their own hands.
It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did I enjoyed it a lot. White does a brilliant job here of reflecting the 1980s mindset, particularly around Satanism and cults, and highlights how oftentimes anyone who was different was assumed to be a devil worshipper. I'd like to think the world has moved on from these stereotypes but I'm not sure we really have.
White manages to build a feeling of paranoia and frenzy throughout the novel, to the point where you can see how people get drawn in to doing things they otherwise wouldn't.
A short read, but very atmospheric.
It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did I enjoyed it a lot. White does a brilliant job here of reflecting the 1980s mindset, particularly around Satanism and cults, and highlights how oftentimes anyone who was different was assumed to be a devil worshipper. I'd like to think the world has moved on from these stereotypes but I'm not sure we really have.
White manages to build a feeling of paranoia and frenzy throughout the novel, to the point where you can see how people get drawn in to doing things they otherwise wouldn't.
A short read, but very atmospheric.