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A review by serinas
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Our Share of Night is a horror book, and I haven't read many horror books in my life. I'm a huge horror movie fan, and I decided to give a horror book a shot! I've heard great things about Our Share of Night, which made me choose this one.
Our Share of Night is about Gaspar, a six year old boy in Argentina. The Order, a cult that worships darkness and the demonic, is after his abilities to commune with the dead. They want Gaspar to be the Orders succesor after his dad, but his dad is strongly against this, and flees with Gaspar to try and live a normal life outside the cult.
The Order is on the hunt, and nothing can stop them from getting Gaspar. Will Gaspar be free, or will the Order get him?
I rated it 5 stars. I honestly can't stand chapters this long (150 pages!!!), which affects my enjoyment when reading unfortunatly. But I made it, and finished it in two sittings!
This was sooo good, and is definitely one of the few horror books I've actually enjoyed.
You know the feeling when a storm is coming - the sky darkens, it starts to rain, the air becomes humid, and you just KNOW lightning and thunder are right around the corner? And you wait for the thunder. And you wait. This tension, while waiting for the thunder, was constant throughout this book. This is the kind of horror I want more of. I could not put it down once I started.
The story was so interesting and unique, and the characters had so much depth to them. Nothing in this book is a coincidence, not even a door that gets mentioned is a coincidence.
I loved this, I definitely want to read more horror from here on. It is long, but it never dragged out. If you have the patience for 750 pages, definitely give Our Share of Night a go. You won't regret it.
Our Share of Night is about Gaspar, a six year old boy in Argentina. The Order, a cult that worships darkness and the demonic, is after his abilities to commune with the dead. They want Gaspar to be the Orders succesor after his dad, but his dad is strongly against this, and flees with Gaspar to try and live a normal life outside the cult.
The Order is on the hunt, and nothing can stop them from getting Gaspar. Will Gaspar be free, or will the Order get him?
I rated it 5 stars. I honestly can't stand chapters this long (150 pages!!!), which affects my enjoyment when reading unfortunatly. But I made it, and finished it in two sittings!
This was sooo good, and is definitely one of the few horror books I've actually enjoyed.
You know the feeling when a storm is coming - the sky darkens, it starts to rain, the air becomes humid, and you just KNOW lightning and thunder are right around the corner? And you wait for the thunder. And you wait. This tension, while waiting for the thunder, was constant throughout this book. This is the kind of horror I want more of. I could not put it down once I started.
The story was so interesting and unique, and the characters had so much depth to them. Nothing in this book is a coincidence, not even a door that gets mentioned is a coincidence.
I loved this, I definitely want to read more horror from here on. It is long, but it never dragged out. If you have the patience for 750 pages, definitely give Our Share of Night a go. You won't regret it.