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chrissypops's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Really enjoy this book. Loved the baseline of the story which centres around the relationship of Andrew and his wife Beth. The undercurrent of mental health is a very real aspect of the plot and most people with catch on to the foreshadowing fairly quickly if they pay attention.
The characters in the book I feel are three dimensional and very well developed. The plot also has a nice supernatural twist and combining with the mental health aspect, made for a well written storyline. Looking forward to reading more from Carver Pike.
The characters in the book I feel are three dimensional and very well developed. The plot also has a nice supernatural twist and combining with the mental health aspect, made for a well written storyline. Looking forward to reading more from Carver Pike.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder
nedenz's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
This was honestly a 5 star up until like the last 15% of the book. The character development, tension, horror aspects, everything was going so great but the climax and the final chapter were just... not good. Seriously massive spoilers: I think it was interesting the way the author wrote the multiple personalities, but the killing of them and "curing her" was... iffy. I'm not super happy about it. The way the priest and Gore were talking at the end during the BBEG fight was cringey, and the "where are they now reel" made me roll my eyes. Don't even get me started on the surprise pregnancy even though she "shouldn't have been able to get pregnant. With the setup of the story, I would have appreciated an ending that was gruesome and dismal. It was still great writing, I just feel a bit cheated by the ending. Don't come for me about this, but it's honestly the way I feel about Stephen King's writing. Great at writing horror, meh about writing endings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, and Pedophilia
uchihas's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.0
I hated this book when I first started reading it. The main character is insufferable, there was too much sexual content for my liking, the dialogue is terrible, and I figured out both twists incredibly early on. It ended up growing on me though; it might not have been executed in the best way but the story was good, the characters were mostly likable, and there were some genuinely creepy moments that played out really well. Supposedly this is classified as “extreme horror” and I’m not a fan of that genre as a whole, but while it was a bit intense at times it never felt over the top or unnecessarily violent/gory. I think this author has a lot of potential and I’ll definitely give him another shot!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Suicide, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
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