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dustincarlferguson 's review for:
Unbury Carol
by Josh Malerman
I ultimately really did like this book overall. It had a very fascinating premise that blended elements of horror/thriller as well as wild west cowboy stories. There was some very strongly written impactful dialogue and the main antagonist Smoke was despicable and terrifying in his actions.
I do understand that part in parcel with this story being imagined and written how it was, a sort of spin on Sleeping Beauty, and the terror of being completely powerless and utterly at the mercy of others, but yet finding the strength, and ingenuity to persevere, that I should have expected several chapters of the book to be how they were. And I found Carol to be a sympathetic, likeable, and charming protagonist. But there was still a part of me frustrated that the main protagonist whose name is in the title spent three quarters of the book completely without agency.
I do understand that part in parcel with this story being imagined and written how it was, a sort of spin on Sleeping Beauty, and the terror of being completely powerless and utterly at the mercy of others, but yet finding the strength, and ingenuity to persevere, that I should have expected several chapters of the book to be how they were. And I found Carol to be a sympathetic, likeable, and charming protagonist. But there was still a part of me frustrated that the main protagonist whose name is in the title spent three quarters of the book completely without agency.