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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I can only take so many unreliable narrators in one book.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Dnf at 34% I looked up spoilers and so glad I did
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is only my second read by Ward, and though I was immensely impressed by her work The Last House on Needless Street, this book left much to be desired in my opinion. It was hard for me to care much for the story, as some of the writing felt messy and cluttered. I loved the idea of the story, but was unfortunately not impressed by the execution
I wanted to like this more but I just felt confused. It was good but about 70ish% in I just got lost in the many timelines and perspectives and the book about a book within a book or something. I felt I kept saying, “what? WTH is going on?” It was just too much. But overall, I thought the story was fine.
Interesante historia, pero a mi no me ha terminado de encajar. Bien narrada, giros de argumento pero no ha despertado mi interés en casi ningún momento.
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Creepy every step of the way. In both story and the Maine setting this book felt like Ward’s tribute to Stephen King.
I appreciated that this novel proceeded chronologically mostly from the perspective of the main character Wilder. Something unsettling happens in Wilder’s past and he spends the next 30+ years haunted by it. The story follows first the events themselves and then drops into and out of the different memoirs and fictionalized accounts that people write about it. It is a book about both the writing process and lives within a story but the twists were weak and the novel fell short of my expectations. I would have preferred if it had leaned more into its horror elements. It’s hard to know if the ghosts of the past are “real” but they are definitely inescapable.
I appreciated that this novel proceeded chronologically mostly from the perspective of the main character Wilder. Something unsettling happens in Wilder’s past and he spends the next 30+ years haunted by it. The story follows first the events themselves and then drops into and out of the different memoirs and fictionalized accounts that people write about it. It is a book about both the writing process and lives within a story but the twists were weak and the novel fell short of my expectations. I would have preferred if it had leaned more into its horror elements. It’s hard to know if the ghosts of the past are “real” but they are definitely inescapable.
I just feel like this was trying to do too much, with not enough.
Not one of Ward’s best.
Not one of Ward’s best.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated