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A review by lawbooks600
The Ghoul of Windydown Vale by Jake Burt
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Representation: N/AFull
Score: Seven points out of ten.
This book was part of the library reading challenge of the month. The goals were to read a poetry book, a graphic novel and a horror book. This meets the third goal.
After I read this book, I completed the challenge for the month, but after reading another horror book called What We All Saw, the novel left me disturbed! Not reading that again, and not to mention I gave that story two stars, but considering that this isn't a young adult novel, I thought the horror would be toned down. I was right, and other than one terrifying scene and some dead bodies (repulsive in their own right,) this was only an okay book I could push through without much struggle. As far as I know, this is the only book the library has from this author, so I can't say if his other books are good. It starts with the main character, Copper (like the element copper and not Cooper?) Inskeep, or Copper for short, lives in whatever's left of Windydown Vale. The entire storyline is slow-paced at best and forgettable at worst since after the inciting event where the Ghoul scared a city girl, Annabelle, the first few hundred pages didn't have anything much happening since the book was too occupied in describing Copper's life. The other characters weren't that much better since I struggled to connect to them, the ending was, as I said before, disturbing but at least there's a high note.
Score: Seven points out of ten.
This book was part of the library reading challenge of the month. The goals were to read a poetry book, a graphic novel and a horror book. This meets the third goal.
After I read this book, I completed the challenge for the month, but after reading another horror book called What We All Saw, the novel left me disturbed! Not reading that again, and not to mention I gave that story two stars, but considering that this isn't a young adult novel, I thought the horror would be toned down. I was right, and other than one terrifying scene and some dead bodies (repulsive in their own right,) this was only an okay book I could push through without much struggle. As far as I know, this is the only book the library has from this author, so I can't say if his other books are good. It starts with the main character, Copper (like the element copper and not Cooper?) Inskeep, or Copper for short, lives in whatever's left of Windydown Vale. The entire storyline is slow-paced at best and forgettable at worst since after the inciting event where the Ghoul scared a city girl, Annabelle, the first few hundred pages didn't have anything much happening since the book was too occupied in describing Copper's life. The other characters weren't that much better since I struggled to connect to them, the ending was, as I said before, disturbing but at least there's a high note.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Full trigger warnings: Near-death experience, death, dead bodies