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A review by chena_reads_romance
Sundial by Catriona Ward
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book starts off with a bang. It's eerie, weird, unsettling, gross, just what you like in a horror novel. But then just as I was getting into it, it takes a turn into a flashback that lasts 70% of the book...
It slows the novel down tremendously. And I get why the flashback is there, it's necessary to the plot and understand the current situation the characters face, but it's so slow and a bit uninteresting. Not to mention that it's full of animal abuse, animal torture, and animal murder! I wouldn't have even picked the book up if I knew that was one of the themes.
Regardless, I think the book is genuinely written well and is coherent and the characters are interesting! Irving is trash and I love to hate him, Rob is super complex and I love reading about her, I wish I knew more about Callie and saw even more of her story.
So overall I give it 3⭐️
It's an okay read
It slows the novel down tremendously. And I get why the flashback is there, it's necessary to the plot and understand the current situation the characters face, but it's so slow and a bit uninteresting. Not to mention that it's full of animal abuse, animal torture, and animal murder! I wouldn't have even picked the book up if I knew that was one of the themes.
Regardless, I think the book is genuinely written well and is coherent and the characters are interesting! Irving is trash and I love to hate him, Rob is super complex and I love reading about her, I wish I knew more about Callie and saw even more of her story.
So overall I give it 3⭐️
It's an okay read
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty