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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
Beautiful but brutal
Beautifully written twisted fairy tale. The characters are so well written you can picture them clearly and does not have a predictable ending.
Beautifully written twisted fairy tale. The characters are so well written you can picture them clearly and does not have a predictable ending.
Gosh, that was weird.
It was good. Was a bit too slow-burn for me. No real action until halfway through the book. Main characters’ banter was a plus. Action was really jarring, would jump from one character in a situation to a different character in a completely different situation paragraph to paragraph.
Some beautiful writing here, minus absolutely everyone only crying…in a DIGNIFIED way. Little bizarre.
It was good. Was a bit too slow-burn for me. No real action until halfway through the book. Main characters’ banter was a plus. Action was really jarring, would jump from one character in a situation to a different character in a completely different situation paragraph to paragraph.
Some beautiful writing here, minus absolutely everyone only crying…in a DIGNIFIED way. Little bizarre.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This would be 4 stars if I liked horror, but I just couldn't make myself enjoy it as much because I just don't vibe with the genre. The writing is great. The suspense is intense. The twists are crazy. It was a little slow for me for most of the book. I liked the book overall and can appreciate it. Just wasn't my thing.
This magical realism horror fable is centered on Eamon, a young man with a tumultuous childhood, abused and neglected by his paranoid father. Eamon ends up in the foster system and is saved by a book of poems about brave animals in a lovely hollow.
Winterset Hollow is the idyllic children’s poem within this horror novel, and lovely, lyrical stanzas about community and wanderlust and loyalty and revenge are woven throughout the book.
Eamon and his two best friends get the opportunity to visit the mysterious island estate of Edward Addington, the author of Eamon’s favorite book.
Soon after arriving, however, they realize that Addington may not have been the hero they imagined but the island is much more than they could ever have dreamed.
Eamon, Caroline and Mike are joyous at the Barley Day celebration when they are served sumptuous food and spiced wine by the amazing real animals from the children’s poem, the Rabbit, the Frog and the Fox. But then the animals’ true reason for the invitations becomes apparent when Bing the Bear joins the party with his sledgehammer.
Violence, gore, vengeance, greed, betrayal, but told with such golden words and heartfelt emotion as Eamon’s entire life is turned upside down as he fights for understanding and survival.
The writing is lush and vivid. The mystery of the island and its draw on Eamon unfolds deliciously. I have never read anything like this and I loved it.
Winterset Hollow is the idyllic children’s poem within this horror novel, and lovely, lyrical stanzas about community and wanderlust and loyalty and revenge are woven throughout the book.
Eamon and his two best friends get the opportunity to visit the mysterious island estate of Edward Addington, the author of Eamon’s favorite book.
Soon after arriving, however, they realize that Addington may not have been the hero they imagined but the island is much more than they could ever have dreamed.
Eamon, Caroline and Mike are joyous at the Barley Day celebration when they are served sumptuous food and spiced wine by the amazing real animals from the children’s poem, the Rabbit, the Frog and the Fox. But then the animals’ true reason for the invitations becomes apparent when Bing the Bear joins the party with his sledgehammer.
Violence, gore, vengeance, greed, betrayal, but told with such golden words and heartfelt emotion as Eamon’s entire life is turned upside down as he fights for understanding and survival.
The writing is lush and vivid. The mystery of the island and its draw on Eamon unfolds deliciously. I have never read anything like this and I loved it.