A review by archaicrobin
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

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

1.0

This is the first horror/thriller I have read by Darcy Coates, I usually stick with her supernatural horror but I had heard a lot of good things about Dead of Winter. 

Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this much at all for many reasons. Firstly, the characters aren’t very likeable which makes a who done it isolated cabin murder spree a little boring.  I couldn’t even out clued together because there really weren’t any and none of the characters really stood out enough for me to care. 

I also thought this book was WAY too long. There was so much inner dialogue in an attempt to make this a mystery through the main Character’s thoughts but it was actually just incredibly boring and repetitive.  The twists were also not surprising and easy to predict, it was so simple that at times it was confusing to me because I couldn’t believe some of the logic in this.

The worst thing though is the ending. It just abruptly ends, no studying conclusion, you don’t get any real closure other than the killer’s reveal. I was very disappointed by this one and definitely would not recommend it. There are way better thrillers and horror novels out there, this one is not worth it! 
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