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A review by teaandtales1
Eyes of Sleeping Children by D.A. Butcher
dark
slow-paced
3.5
๐๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: D.A. Butcher
๐๐ต๐ธ๐ฝ: Louis Lockhart's life crumbles around him after his son goes missing in this Dust Bowl psychological-horror novel.
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ: 275
๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ฎ: Historical fiction, horror, drama
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ: barely
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐ญ: 1930s Kansas
๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ผ ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: first time reading this author
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ: No Country for Old Men, drama that spirals downward, psychological horror,
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐: โญโญโญ1/2
This book follows the steep downward spiral of Louis Lockhart and his family during the Dust Bowl. After surviving a massive tornado, Louis' family retreats to their bedrooms in the middle of the night, with his son still terrified. In the morning, the son is gone and no trace is left behind.
Thus begins a deep dive as a father loses his sanity trying to find his son, keep his family together, all while making ends meet as a farmer who is unable to work the land due to the ever-increasing hostility of the world around him. This is part family drama, part psych horror, and ever increasing possibilities of some supernatural forces at play.
While I wasn't blown away by the writing, I thought the story was interesting. I would be inclined to pick up another book by this author.
๐๐ต๐ธ๐ฝ: Louis Lockhart's life crumbles around him after his son goes missing in this Dust Bowl psychological-horror novel.
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ: 275
๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ฎ: Historical fiction, horror, drama
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ: barely
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐ญ: 1930s Kansas
๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ผ ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: first time reading this author
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ: No Country for Old Men, drama that spirals downward, psychological horror,
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐: โญโญโญ1/2
This book follows the steep downward spiral of Louis Lockhart and his family during the Dust Bowl. After surviving a massive tornado, Louis' family retreats to their bedrooms in the middle of the night, with his son still terrified. In the morning, the son is gone and no trace is left behind.
Thus begins a deep dive as a father loses his sanity trying to find his son, keep his family together, all while making ends meet as a farmer who is unable to work the land due to the ever-increasing hostility of the world around him. This is part family drama, part psych horror, and ever increasing possibilities of some supernatural forces at play.
While I wasn't blown away by the writing, I thought the story was interesting. I would be inclined to pick up another book by this author.