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A review by squids_can_read
Soul Resin by Charles W. Cannon
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
What if ghosts are real? What if spilled blood has more power than we know? What if the author doesn't know what Southern Gothic is?
This book follows our main character's journey to unleash the soul resin, something he believes is an untapped energy resource. Sounds great right? It would be if this book focused on that journey and how the blood worked. Instead this book mostly reads like a history book about New Orleans directly after the Civil War. A time period that only affects one character and takes up half of the book. I think it was meant to all connect but honestly it didn't make a lot of sense within the story. Especially since it seemed to have no merit on any character in the present or the soul resin itself. There were some twists in this book but they were all easy to see a mile away. There was also very little discussion of any of the many themes that make Southern Gothic what it is.
Overall, this book was a major let down.
This book follows our main character's journey to unleash the soul resin, something he believes is an untapped energy resource. Sounds great right? It would be if this book focused on that journey and how the blood worked. Instead this book mostly reads like a history book about New Orleans directly after the Civil War. A time period that only affects one character and takes up half of the book. I think it was meant to all connect but honestly it didn't make a lot of sense within the story. Especially since it seemed to have no merit on any character in the present or the soul resin itself. There were some twists in this book but they were all easy to see a mile away. There was also very little discussion of any of the many themes that make Southern Gothic what it is.
Overall, this book was a major let down.