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A review by patch
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Oh my god ... this was a ride out of this world. Everything about this novel resonated so much with me - a detective duo, a possibly haunted ship, a huge and interesting cast of possible suspects, hundreds of secrets each of them carries and so much more I can't get into because of spoilers. It's a page-turner, complex yet easy to sink into, twisty, spooky, with just enough hints to make you see the outlines of what's going on without being able to tie it all together before the narrative gets there. So, so, so good.
The perfect way for me to consume this novel was to read the first 1/3 with my own eyes to get used to the many names and their roles, and then switch to the audiobook for the rest of it (using the e-book as a guide through the more complex scenes, lmao). The narrator does an amazing job of giving each character a distinct personality and each scene the right mood.
The perfect way for me to consume this novel was to read the first 1/3 with my own eyes to get used to the many names and their roles, and then switch to the audiobook for the rest of it (using the e-book as a guide through the more complex scenes, lmao). The narrator does an amazing job of giving each character a distinct personality and each scene the right mood.