Lovecraft Country

I wanted to like this book a lot more. It's well written, I loved the characters, and the historical aspects and exploration of racial issues were fascinating.

For me, where it falls down is the supernatural side of things - it's more of a personal taste thing, I suppose, but the magical side of it felt too clean - too neat - too much explained - too easy - that part of the book, which forms the main narrative, just didn't work for me.

Ultimately it boiled down to liked it, but couldn't love it, no matter how much I wanted to.