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Holy hell.

This is a pick with a huge red flag on it - you have to fight through the voice. I started this book and I -hated- the narrator's voice, but I kept reading and the voice didn't stop being it's aggressive self, I just... gave it room. I let this character be and accepted his voice. Once you get past that it's just a short novel Full To The Brim with things that are disgusting, depressing, or both. It worked somehow! I have No Idea how!

I have like 10 pages of this book left and I am TERRIFIED. I can't remember the last time I was this anxious about a book's ending.

I am finding the main narrator's voice horribly grating, but I'm still reading because it turns out I'm very worried about these children.

Yeah, I think late January is about right to read this literal Halloween novel.

This was such a bizarre book. Definitely not for everyone. The horror of it was less the plan to poison kids with candy and more the terrible sadness of the characters' lives. Every bit of back story that was revealed was haunting. The voice used for the POV of the young kid took a while to get into the groove of. I think the best bit was the twist/reveal at the very end. I'm still thinking about this a week later, so I guess that says a lot. ⭐⭐/5

Bailed at page 80. What a stupid book. Nothing happened in 80 pages. Told mostly from the POV of a child. Written in a “street” dialect. It‘s a confusing mess with no likable characters. I am angry at myself for wasting an evening reading this crap.

I received my copy from the NightWorms subscription box. If this is an example of their content, I don‘t want to subscribe anymore.