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The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

31 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this! Honestly it wasn’t as creepy as I thought it was going to be. It has an interesting premise that I wanted to find out what happened. I liked seeing how everything came together in the end.

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miacorkum's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

3.75

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sshpurple1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A dual timeline story about two generations of women and how one’s life affects the other: located in Vermont in a farmhouse, there are secrets and deep sadness. JM does a beautiful job of describing and making you feel the emotions and atmosphere. Love and grief and heartbreaking consequences. It is bleak and chilling, and I enjoyed this book.

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sarahholliday's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Holy. Cow.

I absolutely adored this reading experience. The Winter People is a beautiful, perfect balance of suspense and horror, exploring grief and oppression and the consequences of holding on too tight to the things we love.

If you're looking for a lightly suspenseful "what's going on here" kind of story...this is not that. This is full-on creepy and terrifying. At its heart, though, is this question of what unnatural evil can arise when we try too hard to subvert death and the grieving process.

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jmtanner's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book had an interesting premise—would you bring a loved one back to life for 7 days if you could?

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mflynn8908's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Perfect story to read during winter. Reading it at night added to the creepy atmosphere and kept me on edge. Several times this story had me turning on the light and closing my closet door. Perfect story telling!

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donicareads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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tew_11's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious 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

3.25

Overall I liked the story and I think the horror was well done. There were bits that left me feeling edgy and watching the shadows as I went to bed that night. I enjoyed Sara and Martin's chapters more than the interludes into the present. I like Ruthie and Fawn and thought their relationship plus "investigation" together was good but Katherine and Candace's story lines felt unnecessary.
I think the book would have been the same (or even better off) without Katherine's storyline. I understand Candace and ...

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her connection to Ruthie (and Gertie) but even this bit of plot didn't feel necessary. I like the intrigue of Ruthie being connected to Sara and Gertie and the legends surrounding that family but it didn't really play a part into the plot overall.

Oh, and don't even get me started on Auntie.

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Auntie was done so dirty. Her betrayal of Sara and murder of Gertie seemed so out of the blue to me. Her transformation into a villain made her into a token character when I felt like she could have been more. Like come on, Native American women shares the secrets of bringing the dead back to life and then subsequently becomes the villian and kills a child?? Dude...

I did like the story over all and the scares and developed relationships (Martin and Sara were tragic and I wish there was more to their story) so I give it a solid 3.25.

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chloebear21's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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space_funk's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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