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A review by davykent
Hannah by Shaun Horton
1.0
This was a fairly quick DNF for me. Note that horror is not one of my preferred genres, however, and take what I say with a grain of salt.
I am okay with immoral and unethical protagonists. My main condition is that they should be compelling. Unfortunately, the main character has a very detached misogyny that is difficult to contend with. The narration dilly-dallies on meaningless descriptions, returning to the characters usually to say something sexist or sexual about them if they're women. It is established immediately that the main character is willing to cheat, is hyper-focused on breasts, and has a lackluster view of life.
I found this uninspiring -- what little I read did not convince me it was worth sticking with to find out if this approach to storytelling changes. It's a little disconcerting when the first chapter has a handful of references to breasts alone, and my assessment of the main character after only a chapter could be summed up as "Sad man who is really into boobs and cheating." That's a hard pass from me -- the main character even likens his cigarette addiction to the way a nipple feels. I mean, really.
Perhaps this is a bad review as I so quickly dropped the book and didn't bother sticking around to the actual story, but I personally felt the main character and narration unlikable enough to justify it.
I am okay with immoral and unethical protagonists. My main condition is that they should be compelling. Unfortunately, the main character has a very detached misogyny that is difficult to contend with. The narration dilly-dallies on meaningless descriptions, returning to the characters usually to say something sexist or sexual about them if they're women. It is established immediately that the main character is willing to cheat, is hyper-focused on breasts, and has a lackluster view of life.
I found this uninspiring -- what little I read did not convince me it was worth sticking with to find out if this approach to storytelling changes. It's a little disconcerting when the first chapter has a handful of references to breasts alone, and my assessment of the main character after only a chapter could be summed up as "Sad man who is really into boobs and cheating." That's a hard pass from me -- the main character even likens his cigarette addiction to the way a nipple feels. I mean, really.
Perhaps this is a bad review as I so quickly dropped the book and didn't bother sticking around to the actual story, but I personally felt the main character and narration unlikable enough to justify it.