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Sterling City by Stephen Graham Jones
4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A marriage breaks down as the world ends. A different kind of horror for me from SGJ. I loved the beginning and the end but the middle I wasn't as hugely caught up in as I never clicked with Lee - can understand why Zoe leaves him. Doby and Stace are a lovely pair and I loved the humdrum of ordinary farm life with this looming sense of dread consistently sitting in the background from the 'caterpillar' and the fallout of the moon exploding.