The Devil All the Time

I felt pretty disappointed by this one. My main problem with this book was the writing. The writing was so stark and distant that none of the horror hit in any meaningful way. It sort of just felt like “Okay, cool. That happened. Next.” Also, so much of this book was in the summary. The events of the first 60 pages are described, and then so much of the rest of the book is introducing characters and “revealing” things about them I already knew from the back of the book! I don't know, this book just never did anything to particularly strike me, although I didn't hate it and it definitely had some elements I liked. I thought the ending would be a little bit more explosive or mind-blowing, and I did enjoy a lot of it, but more of it just felt like wrapping up characters storylines. I also felt like the preacher and his disabled brother were such a drag on the story, like I truly don't know what the point of keeping them in the book for the whole book was. :((