Review: Violet

Violet by Scott Thomas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 stars.

"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀. 𝓛𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓸𝓮𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮."

TL;DR:
What happens: After a car crash kills her husband, Kris returns to the lake house in Pacington, Kansas where she spent the summers with her daughter Sadie. Kris has only good memories of the house, despite the fact that it's where he mother died of cancer when she was 10. Things aren't what they seem in Pacington however, as Kris and Sadie soon find out.
Plot: Spooky, a slow burn realization, not an action-driven plot
Writing: Overly descriptive and wordy
Characters: Repressed, unreliable, limited cast

Pros:
-Super creepy as the novel goes on
-Writing produced a tense, creepy atmosphere
-Really fascinating concept incorporating horror elements into the overall theme of grief and dealing with tragedy

Cons:
-The writing/pacing is slow. Like, INCREDIBLY slow
-I understand a slow burn, but most of the plot didn't even start until halfway through the novel

I received an advance readers copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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