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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
There was a lot to like about this book. It's a smart premise, and a really interesting approach to the home invader genre. There are some moments, especially early on in the book, that are incredibly hair-raisingly creepy. The book fell short for me in its ability to tell a compelling story. The self-reflexive elements were interesting but could have been more effective if there was a lot less of them. And some of the author's choices, such as point of view and not naming characters proved distracting from what was going on once the action really gets going. Too many times I had to stop and try to figure out what was going on, and not in a compelling, though-provoking way, in a this-writing-is-not-clear-and-I-feel-annoyed way.
It was fine, but felt kind of impersonal (which made me not care about the characters or what was happening). I thought there was a lot of potential with the concept of home invasions that just wasn't executed effectively. Kind of a missed opportunity, and a little disappointing IMO.
Very dumb to read this considering I live in the middle of the woods.
I loved the idea of this book. It was tense and chilling. I liked the formatting quite a bit too. But the editing was so bad that it dropped my rating for the book by at least a full star. There were so many errors it drew me out of the book on nearly every page. 'Or' instead of 'of', 'the' instead of 'them', 'envelope' instead of 'envelop'. Victims' numbers being mixed up. Victims and invaders being mixed up. Over and over and over again. It drove me nuts. I think this book could've been amazing, but it just wasn't.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated