A review by litwrite
Chills by Mary SanGiovanni
3.0
I was really intrigued by the blurb that compared this to True Detective but besides the fact that this deals with detectives and cults there's very little to actually compare to the first season of that amazing TV show.
This was a serviceable, decent novel with interesting ideas, but I felt that it could have used a little more oomph. Cults are so enigmatic and interesting but less because of nefarious assholes and more because of charismatic leading men and esoteric goals and ideas, and I really felt like the cult in this book was lacking both.
I enjoyed the backstory of the main character more than the main plot and wished that there was a novel about that story rather than the one served here. A bit of a disappointment, just an OK read.
This was a serviceable, decent novel with interesting ideas, but I felt that it could have used a little more oomph. Cults are so enigmatic and interesting but less because of nefarious assholes and more because of charismatic leading men and esoteric goals and ideas, and I really felt like the cult in this book was lacking both.
I enjoyed the backstory of the main character more than the main plot and wished that there was a novel about that story rather than the one served here. A bit of a disappointment, just an OK read.