A review by primalmusic
Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman

2.0

I was a big fan of Bird Box, but unfortunately, I could not get into this novel. It's a Western meets a supernatural novel. Carol has an affliction where she slips into a coma that resembles death. One day when the illness strikes, her husband decides he will pretend she's dead and move on from her. Will he bury her? Yes, yet somehow he isn't willing to actually kill her. Her maid somehow manages to get word to her former lover, an outlaw, and the man sets off to avenge her. Men get to decide her fate while she spends entire chapters just trying to move in her coma. With a cleverer hand, it could be a commentary on gender norms in history and relationships. Instead it just comes across as repetitive and, frankly, boring.