Overall- a very interesting story! Not scary in the traditional sense of keeping you on the edge of your seat and making you wait for a jump or something similar, but creepy in the way that Lovecraft used to provide, with elements that get into your head and under your skin.
Story- I don’t particularly think the characters were that interesting and I was not a fan of how the book ended. I wanted a little more clarity in what was going at the end, but overall the story was awesome. Andrew Van Wey has an imagination and a way of describing things that makes me feel like my mind is writhing and my skin is crawling trying to imagine the horrible images he’s describing. THAT to me is the epitome of lovecraftian horror. Images that are somehow clear and terrifying in your mind, but also nearly impossible to describe and put boundaries on….there’s a level of madness to it that both terrifies me and draws me in. It’s a hard line to walk and Andrew Van Wey is one of the only authors I’ve seen do it. I loved the concept of this story and it kept me guessing the whole way through with twists and turns. I could tell where the story was going for the most part, but couldn’t figure out how it was going to get there.
Narration- I think Tom Jordan did ok, but I would have preferred a female narrator for this story. I think the majority of the characters that you follow aside from 1 are female including the main character and it seems strange to me than a man was chosen to narrate it. He does well at differentiating the different characters and does ok making the women sound like women, but if the majority of the story is told by feminine characters I believe the narrator should be feminine and vice versus for masculine characters.