A review by charliemudd
The Kept by James Scott

3.0

A bit like Cormac McCarthy's "The Road", this book wasn't quite as minimalistic or bleak, but still tried to have just as many symbolic gestures and meaningful looks. I say "tried" because I got put of by them about 3/4 of the way into the book, and really stopped caring how it would turn out. (BTW, I liked "The Road" but didn't love it.) Scott wasn't afraid to mix it up and kill people here and there, but you could still tell it was going to end somewhere within the obvious parameters. I felt like he was mimicking a dark and brooding story rather than creating a new one.