charliebriggs96's review against another edition
4.0
If generational trauma was a couple of thousand year old demon that follows the bloodline until the very end.
casaembrujada692's review against another edition
4.0
The book had a really good pace, i was never bored and liked to keep going. The moments were the author described the typical „haunted house“ scenes did scare me and thats what i want from a horror book. There wasn‘t a lot of gore but when, it wasn‘t that disturbing. The ending though felt a little bit rushed and i wished there would have been a little bit more explaining who or what the evil is. Anyway, was a little surprised that it was a non-happy ending, all the time i thought at least the children would survive.
apinsker's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
- Seed-Ania Ahlborn- 4.75 ⭐️- Whoa! WTH?! DARK, gruesome, gripping, unsettling, couldn’t put it down, so bad/so good, not sure how I feel but also loved it… What is fate?, what is evil? Where is salvation? So different than what I usually read. Did I mention, whoa? 😳
vinegarvulture's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
nice_man's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
spiritsspookybooks's review against another edition
2.0
This book is all over the booktok “disturbing must read” lists but I don’t understand why. It wasn’t disturbing and it wasn’t a must read.
This book reminded me a lot of Dark Across The Bay. Ahlborn seemed like she followed the same formula here which was make the story drag on for 3/4 of the book, put all the action at the end, and make the characters repeat the same stuff for enough pages to make a book. The main character’s internal dialogue was just “I should tell my wife the truth. No I shouldn’t. Yes I should. No I shouldn’t.”
All in all this book was tedious to read. I originally gave it 3 stars but knocked it down to 2 after I thought about it to make this review.
This book reminded me a lot of Dark Across The Bay. Ahlborn seemed like she followed the same formula here which was make the story drag on for 3/4 of the book, put all the action at the end, and make the characters repeat the same stuff for enough pages to make a book. The main character’s internal dialogue was just “I should tell my wife the truth. No I shouldn’t. Yes I should. No I shouldn’t.”
All in all this book was tedious to read. I originally gave it 3 stars but knocked it down to 2 after I thought about it to make this review.
renee_will's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75