Reviews - Winterset Hollow

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Winterset Hollow

Jonathan Edward Durham

3.86 AVERAGE

hgossett's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional 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

So few pages and yet so many words. It was an interesting concept and executed well

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tome_of_alexandria's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

I've read Winterset Hollow several times before and love it more each time. I enjoy the writing style and absolutely adore the characters. It's complicated and sad in such a beautiful way that it's hard not to enjoy.

chelclou's review against another edition

3.0

The premise of this book was a very interesting one, and the characters were all very unique as well. How it tied together in the end was pretty great and I just have to applaud the author on his imagination.

Now with that all being said, I personally would not recommend this book to a friend. It was said to be spooky, and while certain aspects of it were, I did not find it spooky at all.
It was way too wordy. While I understand the descriptions of the house were important to the story, I still felt like it was far too much and unnecessary.

This book was so hard to get into and I found myself thinking about putting it down and never looking back multiple times. If it weren’t for the fact that I buddy read it with two people I definitely would have. (One person told me consistently I was going to hate it, and the other person told me consistently how much she was not enjoying it)

I loved Runny and the Frog and did cry a little at the end for them. Mark & Caroline were pretty enjoyable characters. Unfortunately, Eamon, the main character was pretty unlikable in my opinion. I don’t know, overall it just wasn’t my cup of tea, sorry.

anythya's review against another edition

5.0

I've held off reviewing this book, mainly because I really wanted to sit with it for a bit.
Like coming out of a reading coma and having to deal with real life again, knowing the book is over, done, no more, and where to go from here.

I had read other reviews, with others saying the ending was satisfying yo them, but I disagree.
I had such sadness in my heart for the ending, and wanted so much more peace for Finn and Bing, but it is Runny and Flackwell that I feel the most heartache for.

This is one of those stories that you can't help but feel deeply, emotionally, understanding of each character and how the lines between what is right and wrong, good and bad, is blurred by such atrocities that define the very nature of each individual.

I could only pity them, each broken and doing what they thought they needed to find inner peace.
Such strongly hurt individuals on both sides.

This was heartbreaking, absolutely terrifying at times, and somehow beautiful in the most melancholic way to me.
It's one that I'll sit with for a while, feeling that deep sadness every time I think about it.

I so hope Jonathan writes another book, I adored this one as much as his Facebook ramblings, it spoke to my soul.