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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This was a fun concept that I enjoyed reading.
However, I think it would have been better with some serious editing down…it was way too long and the writing tended to ramble. Also, more horror scares would have been nice…there were some tense and gruesome scenes, but it all felt somewhat tame and not quite scary enough. Loved the settings and descriptions, the house and the maze cage with the chess boards were my favorite settings. Overall I liked his novel and would definitely check out this author again.
However, I think it would have been better with some serious editing down…it was way too long and the writing tended to ramble. Also, more horror scares would have been nice…there were some tense and gruesome scenes, but it all felt somewhat tame and not quite scary enough. Loved the settings and descriptions, the house and the maze cage with the chess boards were my favorite settings. Overall I liked his novel and would definitely check out this author again.
The idea behind this was really fascinating but it lost its appeal one third of the way through. The majority of the book is the characters being hunted and it got old pretty fast.
Really loved the concept of this! I actually enjoyed the characters a great amount. This doesn't do the sin of "the monster is cool but you barely see them sorry" you actually get their perspectives!
Looking at some reviews beforehand I decided to read this more as a thriller/action movie type deal and I enjoyed it a lot that way instead of just reading as traditional horror.
I did get a bit tired near the end of all the characters having sort of fake out deaths over and over!
Looking at some reviews beforehand I decided to read this more as a thriller/action movie type deal and I enjoyed it a lot that way instead of just reading as traditional horror.
I did get a bit tired near the end of all the characters having sort of fake out deaths over and over!
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.25-4.5 stars
Great read. Awesome mix of horror, actual plot, character development, and a bit of humor. Gory at time but not gore for the sake of gore. Kept my attention throughout. Wonderful debut novel. Can’t wait to see what else the author will do. BTW - his FB is hilarious.
Great read. Awesome mix of horror, actual plot, character development, and a bit of humor. Gory at time but not gore for the sake of gore. Kept my attention throughout. Wonderful debut novel. Can’t wait to see what else the author will do. BTW - his FB is hilarious.
Like Pooh Bear & Co. met The Most Dangerous Game
The headline sums things up! Throw in some back story, an adventure turned nightmare, and plenty of twists along the way, and this book makes for a great stand-alone read for anyone who grew up with a favorite character & now loves Stephen King as an adult.
The headline sums things up! Throw in some back story, an adventure turned nightmare, and plenty of twists along the way, and this book makes for a great stand-alone read for anyone who grew up with a favorite character & now loves Stephen King as an adult.
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A bizarre and unique novel of revenge and survival, Winterset Hollow was a pleasure to read. The relationship between Rabbit and Frog was so well fleshed out, the ending scene with them broke my heart. I found the novel to be a bit wordy at times, and overall a bit predictable.
I would have loved to see full revenge in this novel. I believe the “villain” characters deserved their happy ending. It’s a very colonizer heavy influenced storyline (as per my interpretation) and I would have loved to see the other side win!
It’s a fantastic first novel and I will definitely read more in the future, great book overall.
I would have loved to see full revenge in this novel. I believe the “villain” characters deserved their happy ending. It’s a very colonizer heavy influenced storyline (as per my interpretation) and I would have loved to see the other side win!
It’s a fantastic first novel and I will definitely read more in the future, great book overall.
I had high hopes for this because the premise and setting were just so unique. Alas, it didn’t live up to concept.
I enjoyed quite a bit of it, though. The main three pro tags were all decently realized and felt like mostly real people (awkward conversations about ketchup and fries aside), and I felt for them through their ordeal which helps in horror books. Likewise, the animals were surprisingly deep and had a real humanity about them, although I’m sure they’d hate me using that word to describe them!
However, I gotta agree with a lot of the other reviews I’ve read that this book is really over written. Just such frilly turns of phrase used so often and not always in situations that make any sense. I thought maybe the author was British, but nah, just trying a bit too hard it seems. The overwrought phrases and sentences took me out of the story so often.
Overall it was fine, it had some good mystery and some nice tense scenes to keep it going despite the writing problems.
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*SPOILRY GRIPE: Really? The captain just abandons them over night after foreshadowing the possibility of bears on the islands? Reallllllly?
I enjoyed quite a bit of it, though. The main three pro tags were all decently realized and felt like mostly real people (awkward conversations about ketchup and fries aside), and I felt for them through their ordeal which helps in horror books. Likewise, the animals were surprisingly deep and had a real humanity about them, although I’m sure they’d hate me using that word to describe them!
However, I gotta agree with a lot of the other reviews I’ve read that this book is really over written. Just such frilly turns of phrase used so often and not always in situations that make any sense. I thought maybe the author was British, but nah, just trying a bit too hard it seems. The overwrought phrases and sentences took me out of the story so often.
Overall it was fine, it had some good mystery and some nice tense scenes to keep it going despite the writing problems.
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*SPOILRY GRIPE: Really? The captain just abandons them over night after foreshadowing the possibility of bears on the islands? Reallllllly?