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The Haunting of William Thorn
by Ben Alderson
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Character 3.5| Setting 5| Plot 5| Writing 3.5| Enjoyment 4
Rating: 4.2
Thank you to Angry Robot and to the Author for giving me a Digital Advanced Readers Copy!
This book is pretty slow to start off, but Alderson really does amazing things with foreshadowing in this novel it is beautiful and tragic. There were reveals in this book that you could see Alderson working themes into this work.
I enjoyed William's voice, he had a strong character. He would make little references and jokes, I thought it was rather cute! I enjoyed that aspect of it.
This is an ARC and I hope before it goes to printers for the final edition it gets one more round of grammatical edits. The beginning needs some work, but the later half has such beautiful sentence work and play that I wanted to give the writing a higher rating.
"It will always be easier for anyone else to say the truth and harder for you believe it. Life is unfair, William. It's Horrible and mean, uncaring and evil. But it's one side of the coin. Life can also be beautiful if you look hard enough" I just found this line so beautiful and there was more quotes like this one.
William and Edward's relationship felt a little too fast for me I wish it had more time to ruminate, but that's fine. I liked them both, and they made me cry towards the end.
There were some twists I called, but others I never noticed at all, I think Alderson gave us a lot of haunting mysteries in The Haunting of William Thorn. It made for such a good and creepy read. Absolutely loved it.
Rating: 4.2
Thank you to Angry Robot and to the Author for giving me a Digital Advanced Readers Copy!
This book is pretty slow to start off, but Alderson really does amazing things with foreshadowing in this novel it is beautiful and tragic. There were reveals in this book that you could see Alderson working themes into this work.
I enjoyed William's voice, he had a strong character. He would make little references and jokes, I thought it was rather cute! I enjoyed that aspect of it.
This is an ARC and I hope before it goes to printers for the final edition it gets one more round of grammatical edits. The beginning needs some work, but the later half has such beautiful sentence work and play that I wanted to give the writing a higher rating.
"It will always be easier for anyone else to say the truth and harder for you believe it. Life is unfair, William. It's Horrible and mean, uncaring and evil. But it's one side of the coin. Life can also be beautiful if you look hard enough" I just found this line so beautiful and there was more quotes like this one.
William and Edward's relationship felt a little too fast for me I wish it had more time to ruminate, but that's fine. I liked them both, and they made me cry towards the end.
There were some twists I called, but others I never noticed at all, I think Alderson gave us a lot of haunting mysteries in The Haunting of William Thorn. It made for such a good and creepy read. Absolutely loved it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts