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funkyartmuffins 's review for:
Gallows Hill
by Darcy Coates
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as Hunted. I found the writing to be amateur at best. It felt like the author grabbed thesaurus and just sprinkled random adjectives in, some of which didn't make sense to me in context. It also felt like there were a lot of loopholes... Rules that applied to some people and not others, conv niently. These we're largely explained away, but in a cheap and unsatisfying manor.
I felt like all the characters lacked depth. I didn't really care about any of them. The creepiness was promising but didn't pan out for me. I also think if you're going to talk about the vastness of a home that's been built on for generations, then the front cover should reflect such a structure instead of just showing an average farmhouse. It felt silly when the main character kept getting lost even though in the book it was described as being a humongous home, I couldn't help but recall the front cover that shows a regular old house. I sort of felt like telling the main character to just take a couple hours and walk around the house a few times instead of lurking in the two rooms she occupied most of the book and then getting lost on a daily basis.
I actually took notes in this book because I was so annoyed by some of the sloppy writing. I found the ending particularly silly. I am reading From Below now, and finding it a much better read, but in all honesty, I can't recommend this book to anyone.
I felt like all the characters lacked depth. I didn't really care about any of them. The creepiness was promising but didn't pan out for me. I also think if you're going to talk about the vastness of a home that's been built on for generations, then the front cover should reflect such a structure instead of just showing an average farmhouse. It felt silly when the main character kept getting lost even though in the book it was described as being a humongous home, I couldn't help but recall the front cover that shows a regular old house. I sort of felt like telling the main character to just take a couple hours and walk around the house a few times instead of lurking in the two rooms she occupied most of the book and then getting lost on a daily basis.
I actually took notes in this book because I was so annoyed by some of the sloppy writing. I found the ending particularly silly. I am reading From Below now, and finding it a much better read, but in all honesty, I can't recommend this book to anyone.