Or maybe not, but I guess I just wasn’t expecting it. I mean, it seriously came out of nowhere. The only thing I didn’t like was the whole Jesus angle. There was a fair bit of wandering but it was mostly good so I enjoyed reading it. I think the author’s pacing lacked there and therefore he revealed the twist a couple of pages before it should have been revealed. The twists were good, but I did see the main one coming. This book was everything I had expected and a lot more. The story was great, the concept although seen before felt fresh and unique and the plot well thought out. The characterisation was brilliant, as was obviously expected from Mr Stephen Chbosky, whose first book I absolutely fell in love with – The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. It had everything I generally crave in a good dark supernatural thriller. This book is super amazing, for the most part. But as I started reading and progressed, I realised it was straining my back to hold this book up and read (I had spine surgery in Feb 2020 due to spine degeneration.) I tried to read it while laying down, but it simply didn’t work as is the case with bulky physical books, so I had to abandon the book reluctantly… that is, until I got my hands on the audiobook! And then what a fun ride it was! Although it was a long, long book – 24 hours and 35 minutes, it was a real treat! I started out reading this book with this big paperback copy that I had received as one of the books on my birthday.
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