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murraybymoonlight's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
bellelouallen's review
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I LOVE this book!!!! Cannot say enough good things about the atmosphere and the writing! The author really puts you THERE. There’s a specific scene where the MC is drunk and I too felt intoxicated reading his POV. I
It’s slow paced, but so engrossing. It’s not a page turner, but a whole experience to get through. It really threw me for a loop at multiple points and the ending was amazing. Sooooo good for spooky season. I would compare it to Midsommar meets Children of the Corn.
It’s slow paced, but so engrossing. It’s not a page turner, but a whole experience to get through. It really threw me for a loop at multiple points and the ending was amazing. Sooooo good for spooky season. I would compare it to Midsommar meets Children of the Corn.
cheems's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
This book is a slog and a half. Could easily trim off 150-200 pages.
sunshinemagik's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? No
4.5
welovepunch's review
I know it’s from the 70s but a sentence like “Beth’s nature was not one of passion, but rather of compliancy. She was accessible, submissive, yielding in a mild, utterly feminine way” makes me want to abandon ship.
aliciagw's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Entertaining folk horror from the early seventies, definitely written like it came from the early seventies.
Ned Constantine moves his family from New York City to an odd rural area in order to get away from the hustle and bustle and to adopt a simpler lifestyle.
The people in the town they move to are odd. They practice an agrarian pagan religion that is primarily run by the ladies. They worship the corn. They’re a whole lot of crazy, which you would think the Constantines would realize right away but they find it all so old fashioned, provincial, and charming. They’re totally blind. Of course, by the end of the story things go awry.
Ned is a bit of a misogynist idiot, but I was never really sure if the author intended him to be sexist or if he sounded that way because this was written some time back. For some strange reason he decides to run around town playing investigator and trying to “solve” a decades old death that nobody seems to have questions about just because he sees an old grave in an odd spot. It’s somewhat strange and really seems like such a diversion, not really integral to the overall story. I didn’t really care much for Ned, and didn’t feel badly for him at all in the end.
It is a slow burn. Most of the book is relatively slow, lots of talk of corn, but it’s written so well and kept me entertained. The excitement all happens near the end.
Ned Constantine moves his family from New York City to an odd rural area in order to get away from the hustle and bustle and to adopt a simpler lifestyle.
The people in the town they move to are odd. They practice an agrarian pagan religion that is primarily run by the ladies. They worship the corn. They’re a whole lot of crazy, which you would think the Constantines would realize right away but they find it all so old fashioned, provincial, and charming. They’re totally blind. Of course, by the end of the story things go awry.
Ned is a bit of a misogynist idiot, but I was never really sure if the author intended him to be sexist or if he sounded that way because this was written some time back. For some strange reason he decides to run around town playing investigator and trying to “solve” a decades old death that nobody seems to have questions about just because he sees an old grave in an odd spot. It’s somewhat strange and really seems like such a diversion, not really integral to the overall story. I didn’t really care much for Ned, and didn’t feel badly for him at all in the end.
It is a slow burn. Most of the book is relatively slow, lots of talk of corn, but it’s written so well and kept me entertained. The excitement all happens near the end.
elementarymydearwatson's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0