A review by maryalex622
Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was fantastic, but it wasn’t surprising in the least. No plot twists that weren’t obvious extremely early in the book, but that doesn’t matter.

I saw one review that said it had too much “unnecessary flowery language,” but that’s exactly what I loved most about it. All this horrible stuff is happening, but it’s written in such an oddly poetic way, I couldn’t stop reading it. I made countless highlights simply because I loved how a certain sentence was worded, and I’m actually tempted to get the audiobook to see how it would sound read aloud. Not to mention that a lot of the banter was downright funny.

Overall, it was a great book, and the ONLY reason I didn’t rate it higher is because everything that happened WAS so expected. If the story had been more surprising or the twist been less alluded so that it would’ve been truly shocking, it would’ve scored higher, but it was still a fantastically flowery massacre.
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