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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Another booktok rec where the blurb on the back they all quote is giving you almost none of the story and you’re in for a surprise that is SO GOOD. I love the first scene with the cook.
The story was lost on me, but any story about losing someone and processing grief will have my attention.
“…you couldn’t die and let me fend for myself. You had to make sure the slate would be wiped clean for me too, so maybe I could start a new life. It’s what we who are bereaved like to call ‘settling affairs,’ only you were doing it for me from beyond the grave, like you knew I would be too busy trying to crawl into the casket to sweat the small stuff.”
“…you couldn’t die and let me fend for myself. You had to make sure the slate would be wiped clean for me too, so maybe I could start a new life. It’s what we who are bereaved like to call ‘settling affairs,’ only you were doing it for me from beyond the grave, like you knew I would be too busy trying to crawl into the casket to sweat the small stuff.”
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A haunted Alexa device. Lots of animal cruelty, so be warned there. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. I may need to come back in a few years. I am a lover of horror but this didn't scratch my itch and with all the hype I think I was looking for more meat on the bone.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a unique and creepy read. Definitely made me shiver. A great medication on grief plus some fun creepy moments. I need some time to sit with the ending, I feel like there are things I’m missing!
That was some horror of cosmic porportions! You follow a man mourning his wife, while putting pieces of the past, present, and somewhere beyond into what quickly becomes a horrific and impossible reality.
I was HOOKED from the beginning. You are dropped into a story where a man is either grappling with insurmountable grief and having some kind of psychotic grief, OR is grappling with insurmountable grief and trying VERY HARD to make sense of being hunted while very much not being willing to believe it. And I LOVE THAT!! It was AWFUL!! Is he off his rocker or is he haunted?? YES! And there isn't an outcome I prefer, which was odd for me. I typically feel so horrible about the "they were just out of their minds" possibility in a story like this, but in this case it wouldn't not be better.
I'm going to be haunted by this book for a long time yet... in the best way.
I was HOOKED from the beginning. You are dropped into a story where a man is either grappling with insurmountable grief and having some kind of psychotic grief, OR is grappling with insurmountable grief and trying VERY HARD to make sense of being hunted while very much not being willing to believe it. And I LOVE THAT!! It was AWFUL!! Is he off his rocker or is he haunted?? YES! And there isn't an outcome I prefer, which was odd for me. I typically feel so horrible about the "they were just out of their minds" possibility in a story like this, but in this case it wouldn't not be better.
I'm going to be haunted by this book for a long time yet... in the best way.