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A review by bellygames
The Job of the Wasp by Colin Winnette
4.0
This has to be the strangest book I've read in a while, and I really liked it. It's billed as a Gothic horror, but I find it really difficult to pin down exactly what category this fits in.
Part ghost story, part murder mystery, part weird creepy romp through a boy's school with an unreliable narrator. Just about the time I was flying through a chapter thinking I had a handle on what was happening, I'd realize I had no idea at all. I'm still uncertain what that was all about.
The narrator goes off on long tangents, and that gets old fast. I think the good outweighs the not so good here and recommend this to anyone looking for something unsettling and different.
Part ghost story, part murder mystery, part weird creepy romp through a boy's school with an unreliable narrator. Just about the time I was flying through a chapter thinking I had a handle on what was happening, I'd realize I had no idea at all. I'm still uncertain what that was all about.
The narrator goes off on long tangents, and that gets old fast. I think the good outweighs the not so good here and recommend this to anyone looking for something unsettling and different.