Reviews

Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates

btwnthepagesbtwnthebooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

kaceylaine's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

jelenar620's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

A slow paced romance book posing as horror.  The characters are one dimensional.   The "fascinating" male figure is repeatedly described by his physical appearance but seems to lack any personality other than he's kind to the female propagandist.  At best,  he is a shallow mama's boy.   The female character is best deeded as poorly spoken, inarticulate, ungrateful,  superficial, and clearly not overly bright.   The horror aspect kicks in at the end of the book and, while it poses a potentially exciting tale, there simply is not enough horror to justify the slough through pages of shallow uninspired romance. 

emilymendoza's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

maggers94's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine, but just didn't really do it for me. I loved From Below because the setting and the imagery just fully made me feel the terror and the claustrophobia of the characters. Something about this book just didn't quite give me that same feeling. I think a lot of it is because Dorran and Winterbourne just don't feel like that they belong in the time period that Clare is from. I understand that it's supposed to explain why Dorran's a little strange, but it just made him feel out of place or like all of this was some weird delusion. The fact that the house has been there for hundreds of years, but no one knows about it, or that they barely had modern technology just felt off. Then the imagery of Madeline and her maids all being crammed in vans to travel to this other estate felt completely out of tune with the picture that was painted of them all. It felt like the story was building up to a completely different plot about Winterbourne and Dorran, so when it turned out he was telling the truth and his weirdness was completely unrelated to the incident that caused Clare's crash, it was almost a let down. I will still give the second book a change, but this was a little bit of letdown after how good From Below was.

 

shebraska's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

striped_jellybean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

booksandpixie's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

momma_nilsen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

j_o600's review against another edition

2.5

What a ride-the pacing is all over the place here. This probably reads well if you Don’t know it’s a series. If you view it as a Cloverfield/Resident Evil send up with no expectations, then this might work really well.

So if you don’t know anything else and you like Darcy Coates, STOP and just read it. I can’t promise you’ll enjoy it but you’ll probably enjoy it more than I did.

If you do already know, I thought it wrecked the pacing bc so much of this book is a slow burn before I truly insane ending. I did enjoy the ending, I started getting that “horror puzzle” vibe I love so much from Darcy Coates’ books.

I’m not fully satisfied with the resolution, but since it is a series I will hold off judging it for that bc idk how it might get addressed later.

I think there’s supposed to be paranoia making the beginning 2/3ds tense and exciting but I had none of that and found it too slow and was waiting to get to the good stuff. I enjoy how much more Resident Evil it is than I was expecting; the ending was enough that I will probably read Book 2.