The Storm King

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

DNF @ 32%

I did try! 32%??? That is me saying “okay, this isn't terrible writing, I can totally get through this– eventually I'll care about the outcome” over and over again until I realize I'm wasting my time and I really just don't care how it ends.

Like I said, I don't think this is badly written. Everything is where it should be and all makes sense. I just wasn't gripped by it. When I read a thriller, I want to feel desperate to know how it ends. When I read a mystery, I want to be guessing along with the MC about who is doing the bad things. Yet, I felt neither of those things.

Nate is a character I could almost feel myself liking. He has the hints of an anti-hero, especially when we read the chapters that take place in the past. Instead of liking him for his vengeful and vigilante ways of thinking, I honestly just found him to be childish.

Childish, that is literally what my feelings on the characters, the conflict, and everything comes down to. It is like the characters have grown up, but at the same time, haven't. And everything that is happening to them? Karma.
I could probably vent some more about how I just wanted the characters to grow up, or the police to do other things, but I think I've covered it well enough.

In the end, this isn't a terrible book. Many people are totally in love with it. I think it just hit me wrong and once I started thinking about how silly all of this was, I couldn't get into it. I might recommend this to some people if they like minor thrillers and small town settings.