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A review by rodent_scribbles
The Haar by David Sodergren
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Was expecting a more substantial story, instead all I got was a poor granny gets the oportunity to kill all the evil bad guys at her doorstep.
Characters are flat and uninteresting, fiting into easy stereotypes (the evil billionaire, the mysogynistic construction worker, etc). Every character fits neatly into good or bad and there is no conflict around the act of killing. All character deaths are completely predictable and unmemorable: a character in opposition to the protagonist is set up as an irredeemable bastard and is promptly killed in a paragraph of shock value blood and sex.
The entire story felt like the author was building strawmen to be slaughtered in a gratuitous revenge fantasy.
Characters are flat and uninteresting, fiting into easy stereotypes (the evil billionaire, the mysogynistic construction worker, etc). Every character fits neatly into good or bad and there is no conflict around the act of killing. All character deaths are completely predictable and unmemorable: a character in opposition to the protagonist is set up as an irredeemable bastard and is promptly killed in a paragraph of shock value blood and sex.
The entire story felt like the author was building strawmen to be slaughtered in a gratuitous revenge fantasy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail