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A review by sonybless
Providence by Caroline Kepnes
3.0
ARC provided by publisher and NetGalley for free, but this does not influence my review.
I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either. I just don't think I am smart enough or experienced enough with H.P. Lovecraft to get all the references. I will say Caroline's character development pulls me in. She writes with such realism. I was rooting for Jon all throughout the book. Chloe, on the other hand, was flat, bland, and not very likable. The beginning of this book gripped me and had me turning pages, until midway I was scratching my head wondering what in the heck I was reading. By 90% it picked up and had me engaged.
Although there is a science fiction element to this novel, I would say it's more about people and how they deal with their different obsessions of other people. I wouldn't classify this book as a thriller. If weird was a category that is where I would place it.
I didn't hate this book, but I didn't love it either. I just don't think I am smart enough or experienced enough with H.P. Lovecraft to get all the references. I will say Caroline's character development pulls me in. She writes with such realism. I was rooting for Jon all throughout the book. Chloe, on the other hand, was flat, bland, and not very likable. The beginning of this book gripped me and had me turning pages, until midway I was scratching my head wondering what in the heck I was reading. By 90% it picked up and had me engaged.
Although there is a science fiction element to this novel, I would say it's more about people and how they deal with their different obsessions of other people. I wouldn't classify this book as a thriller. If weird was a category that is where I would place it.