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A review by bozzi1
A Cold Place for Dying by Kristopher Triana
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
2.75
There were 2 novellas in this book. The first, A Cold Place for Dying, had an interesting premise. I liked Joe’s character initially, how he didn’t know who or what to believe, and how he tried to do the right thing. That said, the ending just didn’t come through like I’d hoped. It fell flat of my expectations for the backstory of both Dan and Katie.
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The second novella, The Love Nest, drew my interest immediately with a slasher movie feeling akin to Wrong Turn or The Hills Have Eyes. Unfortunately, I was not a fan of how the female character was written at all. It read as obviously written by a man and not something I could relate to as a realistic response in the situation at all. Unfortunately, that made me think back on the first story in a different light as well. It wasn’t a bad story, but the female representation left me with a poor taste in my mouth.
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To be clear though, I don’t feel the author was attempting to represent women in a bad light and it won’t prevent me from reading something about else by the author to see if it works better for me.
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The second novella, The Love Nest, drew my interest immediately with a slasher movie feeling akin to Wrong Turn or The Hills Have Eyes. Unfortunately, I was not a fan of how the female character was written at all. It read as obviously written by a man and not something I could relate to as a realistic response in the situation at all. Unfortunately, that made me think back on the first story in a different light as well. It wasn’t a bad story, but the female representation left me with a poor taste in my mouth.
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To be clear though, I don’t feel the author was attempting to represent women in a bad light and it won’t prevent me from reading something about else by the author to see if it works better for me.