Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
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Beschreibung
For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all...even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar-and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.
A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.
"Where The Crawdads Sing meets Twilight meets Thelma and Louise in this brilliantly realized, totally original thriller. Absolutely sensational-I couldn't put it down." - Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author
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The beginning really pulled me in. It had this intriguing, slightly eerie vibe and definitely piqued my interest. I was ready for something dark and possibly supernatural. But unfortunately, it lost me pretty quickly after that. One of my biggest issues was how heavily it leaned into religion. It was way more than I expected, and instead of adding depth, it mostly just annoyed me and slowed the story down. I also felt a bit misled. There’s a lot of teasing that the male main character might be a vampire, and I kept waiting for that supernatural twist… which just never came. Same with the whole cult aspect: it’s introduced in a way that makes it seem important, but ends up feeling completely irrelevant. I also just didn’t care about the characters at all. They felt more like caricatures than real people. On top of that, the book is just too long for what it actually delivers. The pacing is off, with long stretches where not much happens, and by the time things pick up (if they even do), I had already checked out and just wanted to add this book to my "read" shelf.
Beschreibung
For fans of Verity and A Flicker in the Dark, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is a twisted tale of murder, obsessive love, and the beastly urges that lie dormant within us all...even the God-fearing folk of Bottom Springs, Louisiana. In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep in the swamp next to mysterious carved symbols, Bottom Springs is thrown into uproar-and Ruth realizes only she and Everett, an old friend with a dark past, have the power to comb the town's secret underbelly in search of true evil.
A dark and powerful novel like fans have come to expect from Ashley Winstead, Midnight is the Darkest Hour is an examination of the ways we've come to expect love, religion, and stories to save us, the lengths we have to go to in order to take back power, and the monstrous work of being a girl in this world.
"Where The Crawdads Sing meets Twilight meets Thelma and Louise in this brilliantly realized, totally original thriller. Absolutely sensational-I couldn't put it down." - Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
The beginning really pulled me in. It had this intriguing, slightly eerie vibe and definitely piqued my interest. I was ready for something dark and possibly supernatural. But unfortunately, it lost me pretty quickly after that. One of my biggest issues was how heavily it leaned into religion. It was way more than I expected, and instead of adding depth, it mostly just annoyed me and slowed the story down. I also felt a bit misled. There’s a lot of teasing that the male main character might be a vampire, and I kept waiting for that supernatural twist… which just never came. Same with the whole cult aspect: it’s introduced in a way that makes it seem important, but ends up feeling completely irrelevant. I also just didn’t care about the characters at all. They felt more like caricatures than real people. On top of that, the book is just too long for what it actually delivers. The pacing is off, with long stretches where not much happens, and by the time things pick up (if they even do), I had already checked out and just wanted to add this book to my "read" shelf.