A review by alylentz
The Trap by Tabitha King

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This was rough for me. I really liked Tabitha King's writing style in the first two-thirds before any of  "trap" elements started happening... the family tension, the day-to-day details about their time at their summer house were working for me. But it really turned for me once the thriller/horror elements kicked in, and I don't know why, because I was definitely expecting a thriller going in. It just felt unsatisfying, everything was so suddenly over and we don't really come away with any further knowledge about the family or the way it affects them and there was so many horrible details about the villains along the way that it started to feel really gross and gratuitous. So many trigger warnings and also a couple of scenes that I felt were handled badly, though obviously it was written in the 80s, so check all that before going in. 
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