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Unbury Carol
by Josh Malerman
I didn’t really have the concentration to finish this book - Malerman’s sentences were too over the top and details too suffocating. I wanted MORE of Carol (she is the title character) and the mysteries surrounding her death sleep but instead most of the story, in typical Sleeping Beauty fashion, takes place through the vast amount of characters outside of Carol’s “death” place. If the book eventually gets to that part, my brain hurt too much from every other part of the story to carry on - I gave up around page 150.
Felt very antiquated language wise, lots of commas per confusing, philosophical sentence - which always throws me off - and had a very Western feel to it in the overall feel, scenery, and character dialogue. Which is not a bad thing; but it did only enhance the already exhausted drama.
It was the writing that really turned me off - the plot and characters were fascinating enough, and I wish it had had simpler writing that really drew you on as a reader. Maybe I would have stuck with it and enjoyed reading it more.
Felt very antiquated language wise, lots of commas per confusing, philosophical sentence - which always throws me off - and had a very Western feel to it in the overall feel, scenery, and character dialogue. Which is not a bad thing; but it did only enhance the already exhausted drama.
It was the writing that really turned me off - the plot and characters were fascinating enough, and I wish it had had simpler writing that really drew you on as a reader. Maybe I would have stuck with it and enjoyed reading it more.