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A review by whatellisreadnext
Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬," 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦.
"𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘺," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯.
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!"
"𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘺," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
When Molly's neglectful father passes, she ends up on the doorstep of Dustin, the brother she's never met. She wants half of what's hers; the house and the family business. But her brother is secretive, and the house is strange, not to mention the mortuary, this could be a lot more than she bargained for.
Let me start this review by saying, never have I ever laughed so much reading a book in my entire life. It could be down to the fact I like my books more on the morbid side, but this had plenty of that too, it's literally set in a mortuary.
Chuck just knocks it out of the park again and again, he is definitely an auto buy author for me, his books are just so fun and readable. I loved all the characters so much, but Molly and Florg, were definitely my favourites, Wendig writes loveable characters like no one else.
I recently realised that I love the inheritance trope, when a protagonist's life changes massively because of the passing of a relative. I love this sudden shift in their life, especially when a big old house full of secrets is involved, and Dust & Grim is just the perfect example of this.
If you're looking for some funny, weird, dark, and wholesome middlegrade reads to add to your autumn/winter reading list, I couldn't recommend this enough 😊
"𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘺," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯.
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!"
"𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘺," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
When Molly's neglectful father passes, she ends up on the doorstep of Dustin, the brother she's never met. She wants half of what's hers; the house and the family business. But her brother is secretive, and the house is strange, not to mention the mortuary, this could be a lot more than she bargained for.
Let me start this review by saying, never have I ever laughed so much reading a book in my entire life. It could be down to the fact I like my books more on the morbid side, but this had plenty of that too, it's literally set in a mortuary.
Chuck just knocks it out of the park again and again, he is definitely an auto buy author for me, his books are just so fun and readable. I loved all the characters so much, but Molly and Florg, were definitely my favourites, Wendig writes loveable characters like no one else.
I recently realised that I love the inheritance trope, when a protagonist's life changes massively because of the passing of a relative. I love this sudden shift in their life, especially when a big old house full of secrets is involved, and Dust & Grim is just the perfect example of this.
If you're looking for some funny, weird, dark, and wholesome middlegrade reads to add to your autumn/winter reading list, I couldn't recommend this enough 😊