3.82 AVERAGE

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sophmillion's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated

THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT READ ! despite how long it is, i found myself wanting to listen to the book more and more. i fell in love with the prose and the characters, and it was very well written.
this had to have been one of the best stories that feature horror with the concept of the multiverse. as much as i see it in modern media (cough marvel cough) it wasn’t too over the top.
highly recommend ! 
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kathrynreadsmuch's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Not sure what's going on other than "odd" and I don't care enough to find out.
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

COSMIC HORRORS IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD? IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK

Feat: dimension hopping eldritch beings taking over a quaint New Mexico town. a teenage waitress who's also the devil's bride. cosmic-scale mummy issues. mad science. annoying man with a big phallic gun gets what's coming to him. elderly neighbourhood gossip lady is surprisingly resilient. hard-living woman approaching middle age covered in blood that's not hers (HOT). a whole lot of blood, in general. tentacles. hopeful endings. some gore. a good time all around.

4.5 stars. Do NOT go for the audiobook, it doesn't do the book justice.

couldn't finish it. Too long and felt author trying to be too outrageous
dark emotional mysterious tense
adventurous dark mysterious slow-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: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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: No

A nice lovecraftina time, but fairly grounded. Scifi mystery theatre style stuff. Fun characters and great interactions/set pieces. Some strong chapters with unique ideas about what it means for a creature from another time, another place, another dimension to fall in love with or consider an average American life… in the 50s… extremely literally and forcefully. 

A great double shot after reading library at mount char.