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bekkah_co 's review for:
Sleep Tight
by J.H. Markert
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Actual Rating: 1.5 Stars, rounded up
I was looking for a scary / unsettling book for the Halloween season I received this book by mistake through BOTM and decided to give it a read anyways. I had no interest in it from the beginning. It was a fast read, but at what cost? There were few details and a lot of exposition. I don't want to be told what is happening. I want descriptions. I want to see and feel and imagine what is happening.
It was impossible to connect fully with any of the characters. It wasn't scary or really suspenseful. It felt very procedural and like your stereotypical mass-production thriller that will just end up in a thrift store or local free library in a few months.
I do think my biggest gripe with this is how absolutely brutal the pacing was. It was inconsistent and awkward. Right as <i>Sleep Tight</i> began hitting its stride in pacing, it would interrupt itself. I'm also not sure if I'm the biggest fan of the once again weird and mostly negative representation of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Of course, that's going to be one of the big bad guys in a book like this! There's also some weird as shit misogyny coating the FMC.
I was looking for a scary / unsettling book for the Halloween season I received this book by mistake through BOTM and decided to give it a read anyways. I had no interest in it from the beginning. It was a fast read, but at what cost? There were few details and a lot of exposition. I don't want to be told what is happening. I want descriptions. I want to see and feel and imagine what is happening.
It was impossible to connect fully with any of the characters. It wasn't scary or really suspenseful. It felt very procedural and like your stereotypical mass-production thriller that will just end up in a thrift store or local free library in a few months.
I do think my biggest gripe with this is how absolutely brutal the pacing was. It was inconsistent and awkward. Right as <i>Sleep Tight</i> began hitting its stride in pacing, it would interrupt itself. I'm also not sure if I'm the biggest fan of the once again weird and mostly negative representation of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Of course, that's going to be one of the big bad guys in a book like this! There's also some weird as shit misogyny coating the FMC.