thaydra's review against another edition
1.0
I honestly don't know why this book has such good reviews. I'm suspect of the idea that this book even had an editor, with how many errors were in it. They made it hard to read at times (punctuation errors, words missing, etc.) The author repeated himself entirely too often, for no reason. I'm not sure I'll ever forget the address of that place, and it has no bearing on the story line so I don't know why he felt the need to beat it into our heads. Not to mention he describes the same things repeatedly in the same exact way. I did not feel like the characters were very well developed, and they were not people I at all cared for- not any of them. Their decisions seemed questionable from the moment I met them. The entire book had me scratching my head. The only reason I finished it was in hopes that things would make sense at the end (it didn't), and because I had made my library go through the process of borrowing it from another library system. Utterly unimpressed.
rovertoak's review against another edition
4.0
Very satisfying horror read - there's something hardwired in humans that makes us fear the woods, even if you happen to enjoy rural, wooded areas. It's a well of material that good writers can dip into and make work!
quetzalcoatlus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
woowottreads's review against another edition
2.0
More woodsy horror with less gore and pointless sex than some. I'm not a Puritan, but I seldom like gratuitous gore and sex, unless it's incredibly well done, which it seldom is.
This was a fairly quick read, and mildly entertaining. Family moves into big house in a small town and falls prey to strange creatures in the woods who won't let them leave. More straight-up supernatural elements here, so it makes more sense than other things I've read. But again, we have heavily inbred creatures wreaking havoc with people. I need a break, folks.
This was a fairly quick read, and mildly entertaining. Family moves into big house in a small town and falls prey to strange creatures in the woods who won't let them leave. More straight-up supernatural elements here, so it makes more sense than other things I've read. But again, we have heavily inbred creatures wreaking havoc with people. I need a break, folks.
rovertoak's review
4.0
Very satisfying horror read - there's something hardwired in humans that makes us fear the woods, even if you happen to enjoy rural, wooded areas. It's a well of material that good writers can dip into and make work!
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