A Spellbinding Novel that I just couldn't put down.
I listened to an audio version of this novel
and found it very hard to switch off. I felt as though I was dropped instantly
into the action, scrambling to keep up with the strong male patriarch of the
strange little family, as he went about his killing occupation. It was gripping
and at times, so graphically explained that it felt real and made me fearful of
actual monsters disguised as humans, who could potentially jump out at me. I
was powerless to second guess the plot or the direction of the storyline, led
like a lamb to the slaughter at every turn, forced to go around corners where
surprises would jump out at me without warning. The descriptive elements are so
strong that the reader is there, in the centre of the action, smelling the aromas,
hearing the sounds and experiencing everything that the writer is conveying.
It’s a masterpiece which utterly took me by surprise, not because I wasn’t
expecting it, because a reader always hopes, but because it wouldn’t be out of
place on a lofty shelf with Edgar Allan Poe. I felt desperate when I got to the
end of the novel, because it isn’t completely resolved and I will have to buy
the next one. If I could give it ten stars, I most certainly would!
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