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A review by darthreader01
Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates
4.0
“The Stitcher waits. The Stitcher takes. The Stitcher cuts. The Stitcher shapes.
“Things are getting bad again.”
“He’s coming. We need to hide you where he can’t find you.”
As a fan of a lot of Darcy Coates books, I was excited to dive into this ARC. I thought the premise sounded exciting and creepy. It is labeled as a Young Adult book, but I feel it is for all ages.
Where He Can’t Find You definitely gives off a lot of “It” vibes. It also has a bit of “Stranger Things” in the mix, but set in modern times. Not as scary as It, but definitely a cleaner read and The Stitcher will give you some creeps.
I thought Darcy Coates did a great job with the main characters - Abby was fleshed out nicely, though Conner and Abby’s sister, Hope, could have been fleshed out more. But I liked their friendship and loyalty, which is often part of the theme in books like these.
One of the most interesting characters was Charles Vickers, the suspected Stitcher serial killer. For those of you that have watched Poltergeist 2, he gave me major Kane vibes. I wish we could have much more scenes with him.
This is one of those books, for me, that I devoured and loved the first 70%. The pages flew by and the story captivated me. Unfortunately, like the aforementioned book It, the ending is where it unraveled like a spool of the Stitcher’s red thread. This seems to be a common occurrence in some of the newer Darcy Coates (*cough, From Below, cough*) where the storyline is so intriguing and draws you in with a letdown ending. And in this book with the creepiness of The Stitcher and the effect on the town of Doubtful, when the gang finally comes face to face with The Stitcher, the creepiness is gone. The last 15% became a slog to get through.
So all in all, I gave this four stars because the first 3/4 was 5 stars and the last 1/4 was definitely 2 stars.
* I received this book free from Netgalley and publisher Sourcebooks Fire in exchange for an honest review.
“Things are getting bad again.”
“He’s coming. We need to hide you where he can’t find you.”
As a fan of a lot of Darcy Coates books, I was excited to dive into this ARC. I thought the premise sounded exciting and creepy. It is labeled as a Young Adult book, but I feel it is for all ages.
Where He Can’t Find You definitely gives off a lot of “It” vibes. It also has a bit of “Stranger Things” in the mix, but set in modern times. Not as scary as It, but definitely a cleaner read and The Stitcher will give you some creeps.
I thought Darcy Coates did a great job with the main characters - Abby was fleshed out nicely, though Conner and Abby’s sister, Hope, could have been fleshed out more. But I liked their friendship and loyalty, which is often part of the theme in books like these.
One of the most interesting characters was Charles Vickers, the suspected Stitcher serial killer. For those of you that have watched Poltergeist 2, he gave me major Kane vibes. I wish we could have much more scenes with him.
This is one of those books, for me, that I devoured and loved the first 70%. The pages flew by and the story captivated me. Unfortunately, like the aforementioned book It, the ending is where it unraveled like a spool of the Stitcher’s red thread. This seems to be a common occurrence in some of the newer Darcy Coates (*cough, From Below, cough*) where the storyline is so intriguing and draws you in with a letdown ending. And in this book with the creepiness of The Stitcher and the effect on the town of Doubtful, when the gang finally comes face to face with The Stitcher, the creepiness is gone. The last 15% became a slog to get through.
So all in all, I gave this four stars because the first 3/4 was 5 stars and the last 1/4 was definitely 2 stars.
* I received this book free from Netgalley and publisher Sourcebooks Fire in exchange for an honest review.