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yellauraya 's review for:
The Black Feathers
by Rebecca Netley
dark
emotional
mysterious
I was not sold the first half of the book. It took me quite a while than I should have just to get through 100 pages. The creepy, ghostly vibe is there but it's not getting to me. The feeling that something might be lurking in the dark was well describe but somehow, I just couldn't feel the eeriness I should have felt. The mystery is also there, and I can feel the many layers to it, but it's not until around 60% of the story that my curiosity really started to take root. From that point on, it was hard to put the book down and I devoured the last 100 pages in a snap.
The protagonist sometimes narrated in a way the confuses me but I know it was on purpose and it added to the disorientation inside her head. Also, I appreciate the way it ended. It was full of grief for the characters but it also left them in a path of hope and the possibility that they will eventually heal from their own emotional scars.
I just feel like the horror part, which was clearly a big part of the plot, isn't as effective as I would have hoped it would be. It was a subjective view though, because I've seen that other readers were satisfied with the eerie atmosphere. I swear I thought I would give this 2 stars but the last part where I binged it in one sitting bumped up a star for me.
The protagonist sometimes narrated in a way the confuses me but I know it was on purpose and it added to the disorientation inside her head. Also, I appreciate the way it ended. It was full of grief for the characters but it also left them in a path of hope and the possibility that they will eventually heal from their own emotional scars.
I just feel like the horror part, which was clearly a big part of the plot, isn't as effective as I would have hoped it would be. It was a subjective view though, because I've seen that other readers were satisfied with the eerie atmosphere. I swear I thought I would give this 2 stars but the last part where I binged it in one sitting bumped up a star for me.