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A review by still_reading_sam
Eyes of Sleeping Children by D.A. Butcher
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
"Why do we only realise that implications of our actions once it's too late to reverse the damage?" 👀
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Spoilers/ Review for Eyes of the Sleeping Children by @d.a.butcher_author 👀
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EOSC opens with Dorothy recieving a letter from her father, telling her The Sandman took her brother Jesse. Then we shift focus and meet Dorothy's family, her parents Louis and Bonnie, and brother Jesse aka the Lockhart family. On April 14th, 1935 a violent tornado is on its way to Kansas, and the Lockhart's. The following day, Jesse's missing and local man, Vinnie Smithers stands accused of abducting the boy. Louis and his brother Buck clashed with Vinnie over the years and accuse him. But. Could there be darker forces at work? And what of the Sandman Bonnie speaks of?... 👀
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Dylan very kindly sent me a copy of Eyes of Sleeping Children 👀 many moons ago to review. I did read it in November 2021 and I had heard a lot of good about this one 👀
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The time, and location of this one are very charming to me. I like historically infused stories and the back drop of Depression Era America charmed me. Something about it all that really works. I was intrigued by Bonnie and her "Sandman" and what that could mean for Louis and the family. The family does develop nicely and we do get these intriguing characters with their flaws and see how Louis fights to keep his family together in the wake of a tragedy. Louis is definitely the driving force of this story to me. There's a brilliant twist in this one which furthers Louis hunt for Jesse (if you have read it you may know what I'm on about). There's a great scene quite late on involving Louis and "riddles". Saying any more would be too big of a spoiler. The ending and one of the final twists with Louis works very well. The only thing I have to say is I'd rather it be longer if possible. I enjoyed it but I want a bit more 👀
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Overall 4.5/5 👀
Have you read Eyes of Sleeping Children? 👀 What did you think of it? 👀
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Spoilers/ Review for Eyes of the Sleeping Children by @d.a.butcher_author 👀
.
EOSC opens with Dorothy recieving a letter from her father, telling her The Sandman took her brother Jesse. Then we shift focus and meet Dorothy's family, her parents Louis and Bonnie, and brother Jesse aka the Lockhart family. On April 14th, 1935 a violent tornado is on its way to Kansas, and the Lockhart's. The following day, Jesse's missing and local man, Vinnie Smithers stands accused of abducting the boy. Louis and his brother Buck clashed with Vinnie over the years and accuse him. But. Could there be darker forces at work? And what of the Sandman Bonnie speaks of?... 👀
.
Dylan very kindly sent me a copy of Eyes of Sleeping Children 👀 many moons ago to review. I did read it in November 2021 and I had heard a lot of good about this one 👀
.
The time, and location of this one are very charming to me. I like historically infused stories and the back drop of Depression Era America charmed me. Something about it all that really works. I was intrigued by Bonnie and her "Sandman" and what that could mean for Louis and the family. The family does develop nicely and we do get these intriguing characters with their flaws and see how Louis fights to keep his family together in the wake of a tragedy. Louis is definitely the driving force of this story to me. There's a brilliant twist in this one which furthers Louis hunt for Jesse (if you have read it you may know what I'm on about). There's a great scene quite late on involving Louis and "riddles". Saying any more would be too big of a spoiler. The ending and one of the final twists with Louis works very well. The only thing I have to say is I'd rather it be longer if possible. I enjoyed it but I want a bit more 👀
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Overall 4.5/5 👀
Have you read Eyes of Sleeping Children? 👀 What did you think of it? 👀