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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Started off really slow, but picked up toward the middle and end. I liked how twisty the family relations are in this, the very serious treatment of how belief and reality and the supernatural are intertwined. I wish there was more ambiguity toward the end, about what is reality and what is belief (which turns it to reality). The insistence that “this is a thing that actually happens” makes a poorer case for itself than letting the readers decide either way. The ending was fine but nothing spectacular.
Spoiler
That her grandfather was an actual monster rather than just a terrible person perhaps muted my enjoyment, I felt like it sidestepped the vital essence of what makes domestic abuse horrific. The whole throughline with the activists also fell through quite a bit once she met her aunt. The epilogue looking toward a romance for Carrie felt unnecessary, given that so much of her story tries to drive the point that she does not want to be in a relationship.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
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
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
Wanted to like, didn't, but still read to the end.
Book includes a detailed summary of the ghost tour you can attend at The Stanley Hotel. Debby's kids didn't have names.
Book includes a detailed summary of the ghost tour you can attend at The Stanley Hotel. Debby's kids didn't have names.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am convinced that only explanation for the clunky writing, the immature and underdeveloped characters, and the obsession with social posturing (and bad beer) is that this book is somehow actually the debut novel of a teenage boy, who wrote it in between Call of Duty matches while blasting Metallica in his parentsʼ basement
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes