Badseedgirl
7/24/2021
2018 Winner of the Bram Stoker award
2019 Winner of the Locus Horror Award
2019 Nominated for the BFSA August Derleth Award
I started this book with trepidation. Let me rephrase that, I have started this book three times with trepidation. The first time I got about 15% into it when I returned it to the library when I ran out of time. The second time, I took it out but never even started it. But it was the 2018 Bram Stoker winner and I am doing my darndest to finish reading all the Stoker award winning novels this year.
I wish I could tell you why this book just did not grab me. I adored Disappearance at Devil's Rock and A Head Full of Ghosts, but right from the beginning I was just not able to "get into" this book. The characters are well written and after a slow beginning with frankly some very clunky character development, the action really picked up. But I just struggled to finish this book, especially after the huge plot twist about 1/2 way through. After that, I just was completely unmotivated to finish this book...... but I did.
I was ok with the ending although not everyone will be.
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