A review by makealongstorycourt
The Removed by Brandon Hobson

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

2.0

This was so lackluster. I lost interest around halfway through and had to skim the last 50 pages so I wouldn’t DNF. Sonja’s character was so unlikable and, for me, a bit irrelevant to the entire story. Edgar’s character was clearly meant to drive the plot but didn’t develop by the end. I only liked Maria’s POV chapters, and I feel like the book would’ve been better if it were a novella that only focused on Maria’s experience as a foster mom of a boy who was led by her dead son’s spirit.