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The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Finished reading:
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
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⭐⭐⭐/5
🏔️🏂🏻🌨️🌲👀💀🩸
Pages: 294
Genre: Horror
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If they didn’t starve, they’d freeze. And if those two fates didn’t get them first, the beasts that lingered in the trees would.
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This was a buddy read with my book bestie @momsterreadsandreviews 💚 Thank you for joining me in this painstaking adventure...
I have to say, this book started out so, so strong! I loved every second of it in the beginning! The tension between the friends, the stories in between of others being attacked, it was such a great setup!
But the further I got in the book, the more it started to frustrate me and the last 10% of the book absolutely broke it for me. I absolutely hated the ending. NOTHING made sense anymore, and while I understand they were in a stressful situation, all their decisions were just the opposite of what anyone would do in said situation I feel like...
And while I get that certain situations can completely change a person, it was just comical how absolutely useless Jane became once danger came into play...
Somehow, by the end of the book, I disliked all characters and I don't know if that was Ania's intention, or that's just me, but I noticed that I don't like books with dislikable characters...
I really wanted to like this book, but the end really broke it for me...
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
__________
⭐⭐⭐/5
🏔️🏂🏻🌨️🌲👀💀🩸
Pages: 294
Genre: Horror
__________
If they didn’t starve, they’d freeze. And if those two fates didn’t get them first, the beasts that lingered in the trees would.
__________
This was a buddy read with my book bestie @momsterreadsandreviews 💚 Thank you for joining me in this painstaking adventure...
I have to say, this book started out so, so strong! I loved every second of it in the beginning! The tension between the friends, the stories in between of others being attacked, it was such a great setup!
But the further I got in the book, the more it started to frustrate me and the last 10% of the book absolutely broke it for me. I absolutely hated the ending. NOTHING made sense anymore, and while I understand they were in a stressful situation, all their decisions were just the opposite of what anyone would do in said situation I feel like...
And while I get that certain situations can completely change a person, it was just comical how absolutely useless Jane became once danger came into play...
Somehow, by the end of the book, I disliked all characters and I don't know if that was Ania's intention, or that's just me, but I noticed that I don't like books with dislikable characters...
I really wanted to like this book, but the end really broke it for me...