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A review by raechel
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
White Horse is the story of Kari, a Native woman is told her mother stepped out when she was just two days old, her father needs round the clock care, and Kari herself is a recovering addict carrying heavy guilt. Her cousin Debby gifts her her mother's old bracelet, granting Kari visions of her mother's past and sparking an investigation to find out what really happened to her.
Kari is a Stephen King obsessed rock-n-roll buff who floats through life. The entire book reads like "My Heart is a Chainsaw" meets "Fleabag." I thought I would enjoy this more than I did, but there's no main issue I can point to to say that I didn't like it. I felt like parts of the plot were skipped over and we simply learn through exposition that they already happened. I HATED Debby and Jack's relationship and felt like it was semi-approved by the author. It was also weird to me that Kari was in her mid-30s before she started to wonder what happened to her mother.
I did like the strange King parallels we see through the book, I'm also a big King fan. The creature we see through the story was also really interesting and I liked hearing about that. I think there's a lot of great potential in this book but it could have used another pass through editors. There's a part where a character says his father is passed away, but in a later chapter tells Kari that he called his dad to invite some people to the local bar.
Not a bad book at all, but I think it really needed more editing.
Kari is a Stephen King obsessed rock-n-roll buff who floats through life. The entire book reads like "My Heart is a Chainsaw" meets "Fleabag." I thought I would enjoy this more than I did, but there's no main issue I can point to to say that I didn't like it. I felt like parts of the plot were skipped over and we simply learn through exposition that they already happened. I HATED Debby and Jack's relationship and felt like it was semi-approved by the author. It was also weird to me that Kari was in her mid-30s before she started to wonder what happened to her mother.
I did like the strange King parallels we see through the book, I'm also a big King fan. The creature we see through the story was also really interesting and I liked hearing about that. I think there's a lot of great potential in this book but it could have used another pass through editors. There's a part where a character says his father is passed away, but in a later chapter tells Kari that he called his dad to invite some people to the local bar.
Not a bad book at all, but I think it really needed more editing.