A review by ejr1904
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke
3.75
This book has some truly chilling and beautiful prose but it’s strangely paced.
The first third is phenomenal- a fascinating and stunning intellectual Texas chainsaw inspired piece of literature. Part two lags quite a bit- a tremendous amount of time on characterizing with little plot movement (and honestly little reward). I wish it was 20 pages shorter. The last third wrapped up some loose ends but could have benefited from the sparkle of the first third or characterizations of the second. It needed to be expanded quite a bit.
Overall, liked it quite a bit but wish it was more steady.
The first third is phenomenal- a fascinating and stunning intellectual Texas chainsaw inspired piece of literature. Part two lags quite a bit- a tremendous amount of time on characterizing with little plot movement (and honestly little reward). I wish it was 20 pages shorter. The last third wrapped up some loose ends but could have benefited from the sparkle of the first third or characterizations of the second. It needed to be expanded quite a bit.
Overall, liked it quite a bit but wish it was more steady.