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Dark Harvest
by Norman Partridge
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Midwest small town atmospheric spooky times.
Pete, a boy with an abusive father/home, believes if he hunts down October Boy and wins, he can leave the town behind. He would have to leave his little sister behind. The stakes for him are so high.
The hunt begins and Pete begins to realize how things are really run. And how taking a life can impact someone and the community itself. How the ritual sacrifice changes everyone.
This would be a perfect read for Halloween. And I could totally see them expanding the worldbuilding and creating a miniseries with this source material.
The story is being told as if you already know what's going on which adds a disorienting element to the story. And then you start to learn a little bit about the origin of the October Boy... but also- not enough. When I finished reading, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions.
There is a lot of "before" that is missing- and definitely a lot of "after" that makes things super challenging since this book is so short.
Pete, a boy with an abusive father/home, believes if he hunts down October Boy and wins, he can leave the town behind. He would have to leave his little sister behind. The stakes for him are so high.
The hunt begins and Pete begins to realize how things are really run. And how taking a life can impact someone and the community itself. How the ritual sacrifice changes everyone.
This would be a perfect read for Halloween. And I could totally see them expanding the worldbuilding and creating a miniseries with this source material.
The story is being told as if you already know what's going on which adds a disorienting element to the story. And then you start to learn a little bit about the origin of the October Boy... but also- not enough. When I finished reading, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions.
There is a lot of "before" that is missing- and definitely a lot of "after" that makes things super challenging since this book is so short.