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A review by airxsouls
The Dunnie by Keith Thomas
3.0
Received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
It fills the void for existential folk-lore horror that has you absolutely sure this is a real thing that can get you in the corner of your room while you're reading. It's an interesting take on the English-Scottish tales and gives them an entirely new meaning of creepy.
Our author essentially explores what all horror usually does, and how abuse and trauma can affect our minds, body, and soul. Letting in the wicked and grotesque to scare us into being a new person once it's over. It was a good fast-paced read with intense descriptions of what was happening around our main character.
I'm sure our monster's description could scare quite a few people if they didn't know what they were getting into! I gave it 3 stars but I would actually say more like 3.5 if I was able to rate it that here. I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it. A lot of the characters are hard to feel for and sometimes it felt a bit pointless with what they're doing. I think that's why I didn't do the full 4.
It fills the void for existential folk-lore horror that has you absolutely sure this is a real thing that can get you in the corner of your room while you're reading. It's an interesting take on the English-Scottish tales and gives them an entirely new meaning of creepy.
Our author essentially explores what all horror usually does, and how abuse and trauma can affect our minds, body, and soul. Letting in the wicked and grotesque to scare us into being a new person once it's over. It was a good fast-paced read with intense descriptions of what was happening around our main character.
I'm sure our monster's description could scare quite a few people if they didn't know what they were getting into! I gave it 3 stars but I would actually say more like 3.5 if I was able to rate it that here. I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it. A lot of the characters are hard to feel for and sometimes it felt a bit pointless with what they're doing. I think that's why I didn't do the full 4.