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A review by cyanide_latte
Foe by Iain Reid
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Another book sent to me by a friend to try out, that I otherwise don't think I would have heard of.
I found the premise of this fascinating. The plot was something I predicted pretty quickly (though I was pleasantly surprised by the twist at the end, and honestly? Good for Henrietta,) but that wasn't a bad thing. And the book was compulsively very readable. Iain Reid has a very fast-paced and interesting writing style.
That said, I liked none of the characters, and at times the pacing felt slower than it needed to be. I've seen others say this felt like having to wait for the characters to catch up with where they'd predicted the plot was going, and honestly, I do understand that feeling. I think what helped balance that out was that the setting felt very isolated to the point of being claustrophobic and suffocating, so that helped with it feeling like a horror.
I found the premise of this fascinating. The plot was something I predicted pretty quickly (though I was pleasantly surprised by the twist at the end, and honestly? Good for Henrietta,) but that wasn't a bad thing. And the book was compulsively very readable. Iain Reid has a very fast-paced and interesting writing style.
That said, I liked none of the characters, and at times the pacing felt slower than it needed to be. I've seen others say this felt like having to wait for the characters to catch up with where they'd predicted the plot was going, and honestly, I do understand that feeling. I think what helped balance that out was that the setting felt very isolated to the point of being claustrophobic and suffocating, so that helped with it feeling like a horror.