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A review by professoremdash
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
dark
lighthearted
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I’m not a huge gore horror fan so this was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I liked the general premise and overall plot. It got pretty dark in the middle and I had a hard time wanting to continue because I just couldn’t see a way out for the characters, but the ending felt earned. The story also contained a surprising amount of politics/political correctness which felt kind of random. It wasn’t terrible, it just stuck out to me every time something came up in an aside or in a character interaction. Overall it was good but not great.
Graphic: Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder