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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Phenomenal. Finally, the gays have taken over the horror genre and I am here for it. Brilliant debut.
This book is like a mash up of Friday Night Lights and a Stephen King novel. Very entertaining without being too over the top
medium-paced
This was fine. I was just profoundly bored for most of it, unfortunately.
Just some random thoughts:
I feel like this book would have been stronger if it just focused on the mystery aspect of the story and dropped the supernatural part.
The story was very slow for most of the book and then, at the end, the pacing severely ramped up.
Entirely too many characters
Also, it felt like it was about 100 pages too long.
After some time to think and mull it over, I’m
changing my original rating from 3 to 2 stars.
I feel like this book would have been stronger if it just focused on the mystery aspect of the story and dropped the supernatural part.
The story was very slow for most of the book and then, at the end, the pacing severely ramped up.
Entirely too many characters
Also, it felt like it was about 100 pages too long.
After some time to think and mull it over, I’m
changing my original rating from 3 to 2 stars.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
4.5 stars, rounded up. An impressive debut novel that hit home with me on many fronts. Beyond that, a page-turner! Can't wait to read what Fram comes up with next.
3.5 stars. Engaging, but too many characters to keep straight. The supernatural elements felt a little out of place. Things feel apart for me about 3/4 of the way in.
What a queer book. Fram really captures small town Texas early on in the novel and it provides a great setting for this horror/mystery hybrid.
It reads like a lot of Stephen King with a little Children of the Corn and a dash of The Wicker Man with an ending straight out of a gay Tarantino film - and none of this is a bad thing. It was a great read for a long week stuck indoors not wanting to face the pandemic or the grey skies of winter.
I did get bogged down in the middle when Bright Lands took an almost police procedural turn. Fram committed one of the mistakes I urge writers to try to avoid. All of his characters went off on their own quests and splitting them up really dragged down the action. I feel like Fram is a clever enough writer he could have figured out a more thrilling/horrifying way for his characters to meet their clues and conclusions without sending them off every which way.
It reads like a lot of Stephen King with a little Children of the Corn and a dash of The Wicker Man with an ending straight out of a gay Tarantino film - and none of this is a bad thing. It was a great read for a long week stuck indoors not wanting to face the pandemic or the grey skies of winter.
I did get bogged down in the middle when Bright Lands took an almost police procedural turn. Fram committed one of the mistakes I urge writers to try to avoid. All of his characters went off on their own quests and splitting them up really dragged down the action. I feel like Fram is a clever enough writer he could have figured out a more thrilling/horrifying way for his characters to meet their clues and conclusions without sending them off every which way.