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The Black Farm by Elias Witherow

12 reviews

vpanella's review

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challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

Disturbing and cosmic 

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aiden_mr2's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.75

One of the best extreme horror novels I’ve read

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justacowboy's review

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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darubberbox's review

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

THIS BOOK IS HEAVY. ONE OF THE MOST TWISTED I HAVE READ.

I'm pretty torn as the idea and setting for this book is incredible and got me very excited when I first started. The author is very talented when it comes to creating imagery, and creating scenes. This applies to the creature creation as well. Unfortunately much of the dialogue gets pretty corny, especially the further you get into the story. There were a few grammatical errors which were pretty jarring. The biggest issue I had was the main character. Not only is he unlikable almost the whole story, but his "personality" does not match his actions at all. The author also clearly intended to have a deep character flaw sub plot, which just kind of equates to nothing, and reflects little to none character development. Overall it is an okay book. A fantastic setting, and idea just paired with mediocre dialogue, and weak character development.

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brutallybookish's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

All I can say is wow. The world building in this story is amazing, shocking, and so creative! My heart ached for Nick as he went through all of his suffering in the different corners of The Black Farm, and I really empathized with him even when he had to make hard choices that required gruesome action to be taken. I found myself on the edge of my seat many times longing for happy endings only to be met with more challenges along the way. I can't wait to pick up the sequel to this book!

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jake_windish's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0


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princess_marie's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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novellearts's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. I found this to be a really intriguing concept. The descriptions were intense and everything was well done but you definitely should go into this book expecting most horrors that you can imagine.

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aspenleaf23's review

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75


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andougherty's review

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dark 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

2.5

The whole thing is just a mix of violence and triggers. 

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