3.5 stars
Solidly creepy thriller, although I wasn't 100% sold on the way things played out.
I'm not a fan of supernatural elements, and so that turned me against the book fairly quickly. I did appreciate one of those elements in the end though, so it wasn't all bad. It did cause the book to be more scary, but I personally like a straightforward mystery.
Some things I just didn't "get", but the overarching themes of this book are fathers and sons and the damage they can cause each other, and how those rifts can sometimes be repaired and sometimes not. Those portions of the story were the best for me, because I could feel the emotions that the author was putting into the tale.
This would be an excellent book to read in winter, because that would totally add to the creepy factor. Definitely a book worth reading, especially if you like to feel uneasy and scared throughout your reading experience.
Solidly creepy thriller, although I wasn't 100% sold on the way things played out.
I'm not a fan of supernatural elements, and so that turned me against the book fairly quickly. I did appreciate one of those elements in the end though, so it wasn't all bad. It did cause the book to be more scary, but I personally like a straightforward mystery.
Some things I just didn't "get", but the overarching themes of this book are fathers and sons and the damage they can cause each other, and how those rifts can sometimes be repaired and sometimes not. Those portions of the story were the best for me, because I could feel the emotions that the author was putting into the tale.
This would be an excellent book to read in winter, because that would totally add to the creepy factor. Definitely a book worth reading, especially if you like to feel uneasy and scared throughout your reading experience.