Reviews

A Shadow on the Lens by Sam Hurcom

leahprendergast's review against another edition

Boring

olivia31's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

beckylouise2904's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

kirkw1972's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this folk horror gothic thriller. It starts off with Bexley arriving in a small Welsh town to look into a murder of a teenage girl and them he seems to descend into a fever induced madness, seeing ghosts and envisioning a whole host of horrors. Nothing is what it seems and secrets are unearthed the more he digs. You can really sense the creepiness of the village and I wasn't expecting how it all eventually comes together. Bexley takes a bit of warming to and I wonder if some of that was his behaviour whilst in the throws of his fever rather that his natural state. Overall though really enjoyed reading something a little different and genuinely unsettling.

moreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

steele_hail's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

charliellewellyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

efc's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

penguin25's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

ellenigrace's review against another edition

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

2.0

The only women in this book are servants, wives of background characters, or corpses.

The few pages of real horror were incredibly creepy, but overall this is a detective story, not a gothic novel. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

I also found the ending very jarring in comparison to the rest of the book.