A review by stduke
Cast a Cold Eye by Alan Ryan
2.0
If you like books with strong female characters, then I regret to inform you that you may want to dodge this one; literally every woman character with speaking lines is reduced to a simple caretaker or sex object. Sometimes both
I knew going in that this was a slow burn 'horror', but literally nothing happened. Nothing at all. the main character was told he was in danger multiple times, but then nothing ever came of it. Like, nothing. He was scared but did he really have need to be? Don't think so.
Speaking of the main character, I had issue with his super intense, sexually-driven fascination with a girl more than a decade younger than him bc she was pretty and read books or something.
Author was very adept at description tho, I'll give him that. Just wish he'd done a little less describing of the girls breasts. My god, did he like to talk about those HEFTY, WEIGHTY, FULL AND RIPE things.
(Also, part of the plot was that what was happening to Jack in the town of Doolin was that any talk of what was going on had to be held in secret, but WHY it needed to be secret was never explained, and then you find out later that everyone in the town already knew about what was going on, so. What was the deal with that.)
I knew going in that this was a slow burn 'horror', but literally nothing happened. Nothing at all. the main character was told he was in danger multiple times, but then nothing ever came of it. Like, nothing. He was scared but did he really have need to be? Don't think so.
Speaking of the main character, I had issue with his super intense, sexually-driven fascination with a girl more than a decade younger than him bc she was pretty and read books or something.
Author was very adept at description tho, I'll give him that. Just wish he'd done a little less describing of the girls breasts. My god, did he like to talk about those HEFTY, WEIGHTY, FULL AND RIPE things.
(Also, part of the plot was that what was happening to Jack in the town of Doolin was that any talk of what was going on had to be held in secret, but WHY it needed to be secret was never explained, and then you find out later that everyone in the town already knew about what was going on, so. What was the deal with that.)