A review by efsimpkin
Lanny by Max Porter

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was… wow. It starts off as a love letter to an English village and then becomes so much more. It’s hard to describe this book without spoiling it. I loved Pete and Lanny making art together. I loved all the snippets of dialogue from the villagers throughout - having recently moved to a small close knit English village I could hear it all perfectly. Some of the sub plots and characterisations were great. The climax sequence was really interesting but the ending felt a bit flat - I wish they’d stuck with what they were preparing you for, almost? Even if that was objectively worse. But yeah, it was a perfect book for this time of year, all kinds of creepy and I wasn’t expecting it to be!

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