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A review by justlily
Shadows by John Saul
3.0
3.5 stars.
I really did enjoy this. I actually added a bunch of John Saul's other books to my TBR about halfway through this book. The lost stars come from 2 things.
1) It was a little long. Books are long, I got that. But it just felt unnecessary in parts. I think he easily could have shaved off about a hundred pages and still told the same story.
2) It wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Which also happens, but in this case... I just wanted your garden variety fucked up boarding school novel, you know? Which isn't quite what I got. Still interesting, still kept me guessing, just not entirely what I signed up for.
I really did enjoy this. I actually added a bunch of John Saul's other books to my TBR about halfway through this book. The lost stars come from 2 things.
1) It was a little long. Books are long, I got that. But it just felt unnecessary in parts. I think he easily could have shaved off about a hundred pages and still told the same story.
2) It wasn't what I thought it was going to be. Which also happens, but in this case... I just wanted your garden variety fucked up boarding school novel, you know? Which isn't quite what I got. Still interesting, still kept me guessing, just not entirely what I signed up for.