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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
I wanted to like this but I found it incredibly slow. I’d like to circle back to eventually
Great read that picked up at the end. The folk tales from the Appalachian mountain region was so well written. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I turned out to like how it ended. Spooky and good.
Bizarre. A little eerie. The kind of narrative style where things you don't know yet are hinted at and then revealed later. Chapters alternate between two timelines, and the chapters always seem to end just when things are getting interesting.
“What the world shows you, that’s what the world is.”
Revelator is going to go down as one of my favorite reads of 2022. This story is masterfully written. At one point, I stopped reading and wrote this note: “When I was younger I used to write. Oh, to be able to write like this!”
Revelator tells a story in two timelines and I never saw where it was going. Hands down – 5 stars.
Revelator is going to go down as one of my favorite reads of 2022. This story is masterfully written. At one point, I stopped reading and wrote this note: “When I was younger I used to write. Oh, to be able to write like this!”
Revelator tells a story in two timelines and I never saw where it was going. Hands down – 5 stars.
I suspect US Marshal Raylan Givens would make quick work of the Ghostdaddy and its cadre of zealous fanatics.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow. I am from Knoxville, and Cades Cove is my happy place. I grew up going to the cove every other weekend and listening to stories of the families that were displaced for the National Park. I also grew up on stories of moonshine and revenuers. When you walk through the primitive church and cemetery and some of the old buildings in the cove, you can feel the history and atmosphere. Daryl Gregory perfectly captures it in Revelator.
My library has romance as a subject of this book but do not believe it. This is horror that perfectly uses themes of religion and roles of women in religion. Women bear a large burden while men romanticize their roles and use them for their own ends. But none of the characters are caricatures. I especially appreciated the complex relationships between Motty, Stella, and Sunny.
If you like complex horror with tons of atmosphere, you should read Revelator.
My library has romance as a subject of this book but do not believe it. This is horror that perfectly uses themes of religion and roles of women in religion. Women bear a large burden while men romanticize their roles and use them for their own ends. But none of the characters are caricatures. I especially appreciated the complex relationships between Motty, Stella, and Sunny.
If you like complex horror with tons of atmosphere, you should read Revelator.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a legendary first line: “Stella Wallace met her family’s god when she was nine years old.” I’m a little bit mind fucked by this story in general
Too much of this kind of thing lately, lost interest