A review by turrean
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu
4.0
I found this novel dark and lovely and understated and more than a little scary. It was unexpected, as well, because every time I thought I had a handle on where the story was going, it veered off somewhere else.
I spotted inconsistencies (e.g., grade level of the kids) and a bit of hand waving over HOW things happened (like the weather or skill at gymnastics) that made it harder to suspend my disbelief. The story was more *metaphorical* than I’d anticipated, as the exact mechanism by which things in Eventown happen is not explained at all. The book just wonders, if this thing were possible, should it be done?
But I loved it.
I spotted inconsistencies (e.g., grade level of the kids) and a bit of hand waving over HOW things happened (like the weather or skill at gymnastics) that made it harder to suspend my disbelief. The story was more *metaphorical* than I’d anticipated, as the exact mechanism by which things in Eventown happen is not explained at all. The book just wonders, if this thing were possible, should it be done?
But I loved it.