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A review by hyouri
The Pecan Children by Quinn Connor
4.0
Thank you NetGalley for this eARC!
Do I know what just happened ?
No.
Do I think I still had a good time reading this ?
Yes.
The characters were lovable, the "hungry man" was creepy as hell, and overall it was a good fall/spookish read.
This had more twist and turns than a backroad highway. I wish I knew what creature/folklore this was exactly based on, but it was crazy to say the least. I feel like it is a good metaphoric fantasy to explain how some people in small towns feel trapped and or so set in their ways that they don't accept the world growing around them.
The aging world around us is ever consuming with it's need to conquer all small things.
The nit picky part of me was a little annoyed that nothing was really explained.
The Pecan children somehow aged incredibly slow, but only once they reached like 20-30? Also, WHY were the pecan trees that were abandoned producing CHILDREN?
Lil and Sasha are not Pecan children but somehow also don’t age even outside of the time loop area…. But also the gold pecans somehow made the town into a time loop?
But then the shapeshifter monster thing somehow burned down the time loop town?
If I think too hard about the details it feels very offf…. But
I enjoyed the story for what it was worth and chalked the lack of detail up to small town folklore but that was my biggest qualm with the story.
Do I know what just happened ?
No.
Do I think I still had a good time reading this ?
Yes.
The characters were lovable, the "hungry man" was creepy as hell, and overall it was a good fall/spookish read.
This had more twist and turns than a backroad highway. I wish I knew what creature/folklore this was exactly based on, but it was crazy to say the least. I feel like it is a good metaphoric fantasy to explain how some people in small towns feel trapped and or so set in their ways that they don't accept the world growing around them.
The aging world around us is ever consuming with it's need to conquer all small things.
The Pecan children somehow aged incredibly slow, but only once they reached like 20-30? Also, WHY were the pecan trees that were abandoned producing CHILDREN?
Lil and Sasha are not Pecan children but somehow also don’t age even outside of the time loop area…. But also the gold pecans somehow made the town into a time loop?
But then the shapeshifter monster thing somehow burned down the time loop town?
If I think too hard about the details it feels very offf…. But
I enjoyed the story for what it was worth and chalked the lack of detail up to small town folklore but that was my biggest qualm with the story.