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Wake the Bones
by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 stars, ish? Still thinking about that one.
This story is written in a way that makes you feel the sticky, hot humidity of the farmland. The prose is beautiful, making each thing feel tangible and each feeling worth empathizing with. However, the beautiful prose seems to take some away from the story. The story itself is in a category of horror that I consider myself a big fan of- weird horror. Yet, I found myself bored with the entire thing. As though the interpersonal issues of all the characters woven in with the horror made it feel like two separate books. If there was more horror, I would have loved it. If there were more character issues, I would have classed it as a contemporary but would have enjoyed the plot more. But because we allowed neither one of these things to take center stage, it kept the book from being as interesting as I think it could have been.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 stars, ish? Still thinking about that one.
This story is written in a way that makes you feel the sticky, hot humidity of the farmland. The prose is beautiful, making each thing feel tangible and each feeling worth empathizing with. However, the beautiful prose seems to take some away from the story. The story itself is in a category of horror that I consider myself a big fan of- weird horror. Yet, I found myself bored with the entire thing. As though the interpersonal issues of all the characters woven in with the horror made it feel like two separate books. If there was more horror, I would have loved it. If there were more character issues, I would have classed it as a contemporary but would have enjoyed the plot more. But because we allowed neither one of these things to take center stage, it kept the book from being as interesting as I think it could have been.