Cailin Zoltak

Cailin Zoltak"You'd risk your life and sanity for the dog?"<br/>"I love her."<br/>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️<br/>A haunting and darkened version of The Wizard Of Oz. I really thought I was going to give this 5 stars. The idea of doing literally ANYTHING for a dog (even going to another world and risking your entire life on something that might not even work) is something I can completely get behind. However, the ending of this just got a little too weird and over the top even for my tastes. I recognize this is high fantasy which isn’t my usual genre, so that’s honestly probably more on me than the book. My only other complaint was the length of this; the pacing of our world vs the other was just very disjointed to me and threw me off. Despite these, this was a solid read and one of King’s that I really liked of the ones I’ve read so far. Between this, Billy Summers, Later, and Joyland, it’s safe to say I prefer Stephen King’s newer works and will continue to pick them up.

Cailin ZoltakEven though I found this extremely predictable, I still really enjoyed it. Something about Hawkins’ writing style is incredibly addicting and made it hard to not just read this all in one sitting. However the actual storyline and characters weren’t all that compelling. I definitely would recommend this as a good book for those who are new to the thriller genre. However, those who have read a lot of thrillers will probably agree that it’s nothing exciting. As this is her debut thriller/adult book, I will pick up Rachel Hawkins’ future works.