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joann3's review
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Animal death
jerusha's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
This was an incredibly boring book despite the amount of blood and gore it contained. The type of horror was definitely more of a gore horror and less of a creeping horror (which is what I love and thought would be more the case based on the book description).
My main issue with this book is that there was no tension. The shifting POV to various "villains" meant that nothing was shocking about the plot and we always had a rough idea of what was coming, which instead of building the tension, deflated it.
The characters were uninteresting and I didn't feel like I knew them or cared about them at all, which meant that after the first couple of shocking deaths, I no longer cared about anything happening to the characters. But they weren't unlikable enough for me to enjoy watching them die. So I was just bored.
The plot was kinda interesting, but it was rather simplistic and thus because the gist of it was told to us way to soon, that left the rest of the book feeling like dead weight.
I also, personally, didn't like the weird way the book glorified the Vietnam vet Jack's war experience (and life in general). It felt kinda gross and gratuitous.
My main issue with this book is that there was no tension. The shifting POV to various "villains" meant that nothing was shocking about the plot and we always had a rough idea of what was coming, which instead of building the tension, deflated it.
The characters were uninteresting and I didn't feel like I knew them or cared about them at all, which meant that after the first couple of shocking deaths, I no longer cared about anything happening to the characters. But they weren't unlikable enough for me to enjoy watching them die. So I was just bored.
The plot was kinda interesting, but it was rather simplistic and thus because the gist of it was told to us way to soon, that left the rest of the book feeling like dead weight.
I also, personally, didn't like the weird way the book glorified the Vietnam vet Jack's war experience (and life in general). It felt kinda gross and gratuitous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit
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