A review by syazahaniss
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I didn’t know what was going on for like 90% of the book.

The context-establishing part regarding Maya’s father’s book and his whole life growing up etc felt completely unrelated to the situation with Frank. The backstory in general felt like an unnecessary history lesson but somehow added no value to the story at all.

I think the author was trying to establish Frank as this sinister villain, serial killer type but he was very lacking and he wasn’t scary at all. The method of killing was also very questionable and I had trouble taking him seriously.
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