The Resurrectionist

The premise of the story was both unique and interesting, I think White executed it decently well and I really liked the ending, but I do have a few complaints.

The amount of times weight is mentioned in this book is crazy, it was so redundant and got to a point where it was taking me out of the story. Same with Sarah constantly talking about how she's “not like other girls”, she was peak female character written by a male author and again it ruined the immersion. I shouldn't be surprised at thinly veiled misogyny and constant fat shaming considering the plot of the book but it is a horror story and I would've much preferred the focus on that instead of filling up the book with useless moments and dialogue that served no purpose.

half a star knocked for the rushed ending, loved everything else! this is one of the few books that actually scared me!!

This horror novel had an interesting concept but I don't think it was very well executed. There were a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes (multiple instances of mixing up Josh and Dale's names, missing words, homophones etc), characters' personalities sometimes felt inconsistent, way too many shopping lists, and I think the epilogue in this version made the story worse by wrapping things up a little too pat. The horror takes a little too long to get started considering that we know what's going on way before any of the victim characters do. I did really like some of the things it was aiming for though, especially around the solidarity between the female characters and some attempted realistic tension and support in Sarah and Josh's marriage.