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raincorbyn 's review for:
Palmetto
by Ania Ahlborn
Absolutely skin-crawling nightmare of moving into one's dream home, with one problem: bugs. Short, to the point, and completely effective, Palmetto tells a horrid story well and gets out. It's hard to pull off the "is the woman protagonist crazy or is her husband a dismissive jerk" bit that has of course been done a lot, but Ahlborn does it well.
My only complaint is basically that I wanted more of the book! I would have liked to learn more about the couple's relationship to flesh out those moments of conflict. I got the feeling the writing was fast in a way that was like holding one's breath to sprint to the end, but Ahlborn has the chops to open the book up a bit more, and let us stew in dread. Still, a fast-paced single-sitting creepshow, and I look forward to more from the author. Thanks, Night Worms!
My only complaint is basically that I wanted more of the book! I would have liked to learn more about the couple's relationship to flesh out those moments of conflict. I got the feeling the writing was fast in a way that was like holding one's breath to sprint to the end, but Ahlborn has the chops to open the book up a bit more, and let us stew in dread. Still, a fast-paced single-sitting creepshow, and I look forward to more from the author. Thanks, Night Worms!