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A review by natashaniezgoda
The Reaping by Jess Lourey
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This gets an extra 1/2 star best of the epilogue! HOLE LEE SHEET.
Okay, so pros and cons:
Pros: I love a good small-town lore / cult crime. I loved learning more about Reed and Steinbeck. I loved how atmospheric this was. I loved the sanatorium angle.
Cons: We had WAY too many characters. Mike and Yikes! The fret over the sanatorium turned prison wasn't gruesome or disturbing enough to warrant it to be the center of this plot. The flashbacks to Steinbeck's past were not meaningful enough to keep repeating and please... we knew what "two different lies" stood for the first time it appeared.
So 3 stars for the whole book. + 0.5 for the epilogue.
Okay, so pros and cons:
Pros: I love a good small-town lore / cult crime. I loved learning more about Reed and Steinbeck. I loved how atmospheric this was. I loved the sanatorium angle.
Cons: We had WAY too many characters. Mike and Yikes! The fret over the sanatorium turned prison wasn't gruesome or disturbing enough to warrant it to be the center of this plot. The flashbacks to Steinbeck's past were not meaningful enough to keep repeating and please... we knew what "two different lies" stood for the first time it appeared.
So 3 stars for the whole book. + 0.5 for the epilogue.