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4.25
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Fantastic audiobook. Gothic southern family drama that crosses generations with a background macabre supernatural mystery. 
dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

such a disappointment
so many great descriptive words are used in many reviews about this?
epic? in what way? Where is this so dramatic terror?
its just a story about a family that has a very calm monster way way way back there in the dark. So far back why is it even a part of this book? Whats the point of this all?
I really got duped, I thought it was going to lead to something.

This book is a family saga with tinges of Horror thrown in. It's a quirky combination, but in the end the fine writing and good characterisation of McDowell leads the reader on to the foreshadowed conclusion. An interesting change for me, as I hadn't read anything like this before.

michaellehmann1226's review

3.0
mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

hi_there_ky's review

4.75
dark mysterious tense medium-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

Simply incredible. I happily could read another 1000 pages of the Caskey family. The characters, the family drama, the few bits of horror elements that pop in and out... all of it was done so well.