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A review by debrakelsey
Clawing Free by Josh Roberts
4.0
I love thrillers and supernatural stories! I was impressed with this story as a debut novel. Bonus points for the folklore tied in being one I hadn’t ever heard of and enjoyed learning about. Had I not had a busy few days mapped out, this would’ve been a quick read for sure. It’s suspenseful enough that I didn’t want to put it down. I had my guesses for what was going on, but ended up being way off.
Though some of what happens is certainly morbid (in the way you want aspects of horror to be) other parts of the book feel a bit more YA than strictly adult. I couldn’t pinpoint if it was the writing style or specific nuance. Not that that’s a bad thing, but it feels worth mentioning. It’s a good story with a solid plot and it was interesting throughout its entirety. Not wanting to spoil it - the subject matter pushed me to research the Korean myths portrayed.
I appreciate how both Lissy and Neil were written. Their relationship was a formative undertone that held firm throughout the story. There were a few really important themes regarding love and loss that I think were well done also.
I don’t care to critique too harshly on grammatical or syntactical things when it comes to a debut. At certain points I was left wanting a bit more background or depth, but overall I’d say the book is well done.
I’d rate this 3.5/5⭐️ but for the purpose of this app, marked it as 4 because I feel like it deserves the round-up. Thank you to the author for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Though some of what happens is certainly morbid (in the way you want aspects of horror to be) other parts of the book feel a bit more YA than strictly adult. I couldn’t pinpoint if it was the writing style or specific nuance. Not that that’s a bad thing, but it feels worth mentioning. It’s a good story with a solid plot and it was interesting throughout its entirety. Not wanting to spoil it - the subject matter pushed me to research the Korean myths portrayed.
I appreciate how both Lissy and Neil were written. Their relationship was a formative undertone that held firm throughout the story. There were a few really important themes regarding love and loss that I think were well done also.
I don’t care to critique too harshly on grammatical or syntactical things when it comes to a debut. At certain points I was left wanting a bit more background or depth, but overall I’d say the book is well done.
I’d rate this 3.5/5⭐️ but for the purpose of this app, marked it as 4 because I feel like it deserves the round-up. Thank you to the author for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.