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A review by katie_judy
White Pines by Gemma Amor
4.0
What an adventure
This book was gifted to me by a fellow instagram writer with a love of horror stories. I was excited to jump into it when I read about the bio of the author and how her stories have come to life in the no sleep podcast. I'm an avid listener so I knew this book would be great.
It took me some time to fully emerge myself into this book. When I started it, I was a put off a little by how obsessed the main character was with finding her typewriter and how many pages were dedicated to that, but that really did give me everything I needed to know to understand her. That is her personality. She sinks into whatever it is that consumes her thoughts and she does not let go. It's a passion I came to admire the most about her.
The story itself was unique and entertaining. The thing I love about horror stories like this, is how plausible they are. The author did a great job of letting you believe that in some remote part of the world, this could happen. The details she spun into the horrific events were sometimes enough to get me to skim through them.
Although I was hoping for a happier ending, I know that books like this rarely do. The author did make it the very best that it could be given all that happened. The rest is in my interpretation and it's enough.
If you like a good horror story with a supernatural twist, you won't want to let this book pass you by.
This book was gifted to me by a fellow instagram writer with a love of horror stories. I was excited to jump into it when I read about the bio of the author and how her stories have come to life in the no sleep podcast. I'm an avid listener so I knew this book would be great.
It took me some time to fully emerge myself into this book. When I started it, I was a put off a little by how obsessed the main character was with finding her typewriter and how many pages were dedicated to that, but that really did give me everything I needed to know to understand her. That is her personality. She sinks into whatever it is that consumes her thoughts and she does not let go. It's a passion I came to admire the most about her.
The story itself was unique and entertaining. The thing I love about horror stories like this, is how plausible they are. The author did a great job of letting you believe that in some remote part of the world, this could happen. The details she spun into the horrific events were sometimes enough to get me to skim through them.
Although I was hoping for a happier ending, I know that books like this rarely do. The author did make it the very best that it could be given all that happened. The rest is in my interpretation and it's enough.
If you like a good horror story with a supernatural twist, you won't want to let this book pass you by.