Book: Everything The Darkness Eats

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Author: Eric LaRocca

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Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an advanced audio copy.

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After finishing this book I sat back and wondered what exactly did I just read? The story felt disjointed and was on the boring side. It also tackled some big topics and hard life issues but it just came off a little insensitive at points.

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There were two story arcs, one following a man named Ghost and another story following a couple Brett and Malik. Both stories showed a lot of promise and I was disappointed with how it all needed up.n

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Brett is a widower and his story never had me fully feel for his loss or his pain. In his story we also meet a young girl who is blind which initially made me feel for the young girl. There ended up being too many inconsistencies around her blindness that stopped me from feeling bad and just got me annoyed at the writing.

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Bret and Malik’s story was written better in the sense that I really felt bad for them. They are a couple who are dealing with a town that suffers from homophobia. I really did feel bad for their struggles. The metaphors used to describe some of the events that happened to Malik did have me questioning the writing again.

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This was my first book by the author. Personally, I did not like their writing but I would love to try another book by them and be proven wrong. As it stands now I have a hard time recommending this book.

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Final Score 2/5