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A review by hiroto
Hold the Dark by William Giraldi
Someone's review I completely agree with (spoilers) > https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1152577545
I am thoroughly confused about this book. One good reason might be that I only read the first 100 pages and the last 30. That's also why I won't rate it. And I'm not confused because I missed good parts of it.
Let's just say that the writing lost me. And I feel really dumb. I mean, even the french edition includes a quick note from the translator gushing about the writing !
Let's also say that the plot losts me. Violence for the sake of violence mostly, the mc who's only talking and dreaming about his own death, psychos on the loose... WHERE WERE THE WOLVES ? I wanted a story about wolves dammit.
165 Keep in mind that I missed 150 or so of the story. But even without it, I understood without problems the end. Wich I guessed. Because the big reveals were the most shocking things to happen. I mean, to have a good twist, it must be really shocking, amiright ? Ah.
I don't know, guys, I picked this book because I was promised an atmospheric read in wild Alaska, but what I got was a bunch of characters saying to the mc how much "worse than his imagination" the land was. Variations of lines like "this place is colder than what you've experienced" or "this isn't the real world here" appeared wayyy too many times, and it just annoyed me.
I don't have much to say about it, I'll forget this sooner than later.
I am thoroughly confused about this book. One good reason might be that I only read the first 100 pages and the last 30. That's also why I won't rate it. And I'm not confused because I missed good parts of it.
Let's just say that the writing lost me. And I feel really dumb. I mean, even the french edition includes a quick note from the translator gushing about the writing !
Let's also say that the plot losts me. Violence for the sake of violence mostly, the mc who's only talking and dreaming about his own death, psychos on the loose... WHERE WERE THE WOLVES ? I wanted a story about wolves dammit.
165 Keep in mind that I missed 150 or so of the story. But even without it, I understood without problems the end. Wich I guessed. Because the big reveals were the most shocking things to happen. I mean, to have a good twist, it must be really shocking, amiright ? Ah.
I don't know, guys, I picked this book because I was promised an atmospheric read in wild Alaska, but what I got was a bunch of characters saying to the mc how much "worse than his imagination" the land was. Variations of lines like "this place is colder than what you've experienced" or "this isn't the real world here" appeared wayyy too many times, and it just annoyed me.
I don't have much to say about it, I'll forget this sooner than later.