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A review by sammuowo
Out Behind the Barn by Chad Lutzke, John Boden
2.0
1.75 stars
A quick, but dull read that reaches for excellence and falls quite short. The story suffers from its length—there isn’t any time with each character to care at all about them, and I quite frankly couldn’t have cared less. There wasn’t any substance behind them; they felt rather empty. Faceless for sure, and not the way intended.
I also felt there was a lot of repetitive description—particularly about carrion bones and summer giving way to autumn—but it was constantly repeated which just left the feeling that the characters were suspended in amber. But, the world they were in was supposed to be very real, while everything else wasn’t quite. (The best I can explain without giving away the story.)
The whole “twist,” or plot point (since I don’t think it was supposed to be a big surprise or anything) was obvious from page 4 and not well done. There was much left to be desired and with such an unfortunately boring cast, it just left me disappointed.
A quick, but dull read that reaches for excellence and falls quite short. The story suffers from its length—there isn’t any time with each character to care at all about them, and I quite frankly couldn’t have cared less. There wasn’t any substance behind them; they felt rather empty. Faceless for sure, and not the way intended.
I also felt there was a lot of repetitive description—particularly about carrion bones and summer giving way to autumn—but it was constantly repeated which just left the feeling that the characters were suspended in amber. But, the world they were in was supposed to be very real, while everything else wasn’t quite. (The best I can explain without giving away the story.)
The whole “twist,” or plot point (since I don’t think it was supposed to be a big surprise or anything) was obvious from page 4 and not well done. There was much left to be desired and with such an unfortunately boring cast, it just left me disappointed.