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A review by sophieconstable
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
3.0
This book follows Wilder Harlow who has returned to the place of his childhood holidays to begin the last book he will ever write, the story of his childhood friends and the horror that has stalked him for the past few decades. But as he begins to see things no one else can Wilder begins to wonder if writing this book will be the last thing he ever does.
This was one of my most anticipated releases of this year and unfortunately I found it to be very disappointing and kind of boring. The first half of this book is very linear and straightforward with long chapters of extracts from Wilder's memoir as he details what happened to him in his childhood which I found to be incredibly boring and uninteresting. The second half was better as things began to get weird and I started to become more invested in this story. I also liked the major twists but nothing could really save this book for me. Ward's writing is lovely as always and I liked the atmosphere created. I will continue to pick up books from Ward but this one just wasn't really for me.
This was one of my most anticipated releases of this year and unfortunately I found it to be very disappointing and kind of boring. The first half of this book is very linear and straightforward with long chapters of extracts from Wilder's memoir as he details what happened to him in his childhood which I found to be incredibly boring and uninteresting. The second half was better as things began to get weird and I started to become more invested in this story. I also liked the major twists but nothing could really save this book for me. Ward's writing is lovely as always and I liked the atmosphere created. I will continue to pick up books from Ward but this one just wasn't really for me.