Lori
I thought that there would be more set up to the story, but the creeping unease and horror starts up quickly. The author does very well at building tension and creating a fear of the unknown. The first half of the book is great in this regard. The second half is trying to explain to much where I would have been happy it to keep it unexplained. I really liked the creature communication with the wife through her sleep and again I would have been happy to keep this unexplained. Still, I liked the book overall.
Something to note is that the author talks about the inclusion of indigenous folk lore in the story and about trying to be diverse but respectful and it’s nice to see authors make the effort. One specific thing he mentioned was that he had the natives in the story not be all knowing like in other stories, which is a thumbs up for effort. The natives in my opinion where well written but I didn’t like that only the natives seemed to die in this story while helping the main white characters. He was doing so well until this.
I thought that there would be more set up to the story, but the creeping unease and horror starts up quickly. The author does very well at building tension and creating a fear of the unknown. The first half of the book is great in this regard. The second half is trying to explain to much where I would have been happy it to keep it unexplained. I really liked the creature communication with the wife through her sleep and again I would have been happy to keep this unexplained. Still, I liked the book overall.
Something to note is that the author talks about the inclusion of indigenous folk lore in the story and about trying to be diverse but respectful and it’s nice to see authors make the effort. One specific thing he mentioned was that he had the natives in the story not be all knowing like in other stories, which is a thumbs up for effort. The natives in my opinion where well written but I didn’t like that only the natives seemed to die in this story while helping the main white characters. He was doing so well until this.