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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
Couldn’t put it down! Great book for the start of spooky season
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
My gripe with this narrative is that we have a protagonist that is stupid. Too stupid to survive and ***spoiler***
he does. I was sufficiently creeped out by the imagery but there's just some things I can't get over. Earned deaths are important in horror so when you read something and you're like oh yeah this person has made every wrong choice he deserves what's coming only to survive... It just doesn't hit. Meanwhile ***another spoiler*** the only people who do die during the events of this book are indigenous people whom the author claims he wanted to honor. Worse, they die off screen so the only plot device it serves is to have the MC feel sad. Not a great way to have a round and filled out indigenous character IMO. It's an OK plot but I feel like it's a little bit clumsy.
he does. I was sufficiently creeped out by the imagery but there's just some things I can't get over. Earned deaths are important in horror so when you read something and you're like oh yeah this person has made every wrong choice he deserves what's coming only to survive... It just doesn't hit. Meanwhile ***another spoiler*** the only people who do die during the events of this book are indigenous people whom the author claims he wanted to honor. Worse, they die off screen so the only plot device it serves is to have the MC feel sad. Not a great way to have a round and filled out indigenous character IMO. It's an OK plot but I feel like it's a little bit clumsy.
Wowee, I was spooked!! Really glad I picked this up.
I have mixed feelings.
I don’t feel this novel was written well and yet I finished it. I was interested enough to find out what happened to the characters. I also think it dragged on much longer than it should have.
I listened to the audiobook and this is the rare occasion where it might have been better to eyeball read it. The narrator was talented and changed voices and inflections well but I think the source material was just not great.
Even though this is written in first person, the characters felt very flat and fake. I was never once afraid for Felix or Faye or anyone else.
And while I do appreciate the author’s end note regarding use of Native American people and lore, I did have the wry thought that…
SPOILER
…the only two people that actually died were the two Indians that most helped Felix. Sooooo, while his essay is self-reflective and on the right track, he still fell into a trope he said he was trying to avoid.
I don’t feel this novel was written well and yet I finished it. I was interested enough to find out what happened to the characters. I also think it dragged on much longer than it should have.
I listened to the audiobook and this is the rare occasion where it might have been better to eyeball read it. The narrator was talented and changed voices and inflections well but I think the source material was just not great.
Even though this is written in first person, the characters felt very flat and fake. I was never once afraid for Felix or Faye or anyone else.
And while I do appreciate the author’s end note regarding use of Native American people and lore, I did have the wry thought that…
SPOILER
…the only two people that actually died were the two Indians that most helped Felix. Sooooo, while his essay is self-reflective and on the right track, he still fell into a trope he said he was trying to avoid.
dark
emotional
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
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A really slick and unnerving 'things that go bump in the night' story that dances between a haunted house and a possession story. The writer has a great flair for nail-biting sequences and creating that indescribable fear of what's out there in the night.
As thrilling as the scare sequences are, though, it's true the plot sort of limps a bit toward the end and there are a lot of ideas introduced that are never really explained or explored. They don't lessen the intensity but it also doesn't have that feeling at the end of all the pieces finally coming together.
As thrilling as the scare sequences are, though, it's true the plot sort of limps a bit toward the end and there are a lot of ideas introduced that are never really explained or explored. They don't lessen the intensity but it also doesn't have that feeling at the end of all the pieces finally coming together.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
fast-paced