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John LanganHorror · Fiction
The Fisherman
Synopsis
Two grieving widowers find solace in fishing and each other, but their quiet lives are disrupted by whispers of a legendary fishing spot. This legendary creek promises more than just a good catch; it holds ancient secrets and a dark power that could either heal their losses or consume them entirely. They are drawn into a story of pacts and buried truths, facing the ultimate price for what they desire.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Trauma
Readers say (1)Creepy
- This is a difficult one to rate. Once I realized this book is a mix of folk/cosmic and grief horror, I thought I would DEVOUR it. But unfortunately, it did not pull me in the way I thought it would. It started off pretty well. I really liked the narration (despite being 1st person pov) and the characters. There was love, loss, grief, there was mystery, tension was being built for the climax. I loved it. Part 2, which provides the folkloric background of the story was very well-written and interesting... up to a point. I have no idea when, where, or why it happened, but I started to lose interest during that part. The story started to draaaaaaag, things got predictable, I got bored. I got so bored, I was just waiting for that part to end, so we could go back to our main characters (Abe and Dan) again. But once that did happen, I noticed even the main characters irritate me now, I could see exactly where the story was going, I was unfortunately bored with the main story too. Again, I can't pinpoint what exactly changed my opinion about this book, because I wanted to love it; it has everything I normally love in a horror book. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't love it either. I only kept reading just get done with the book. After all of that though, the very last sentence of the book actually caught me off-guard. It actually made me go WTF, and it's what made me not go too low with my rating.
- <div>this book had me hooked (no pun intended) so much at the beginning that i was sure i would love it, but i felt a decline halfway through. it felt like it tried to tackle so many subjects at once that none of them received enough attention. anyways, just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean this book won't be enjoyable to other people, so there's that </div>