Diane S ☔'s Reviews > Devil's Day

3.5 This is one of those books that is not only hard to rate, but hard to describe. A book that because of it's slow pace will not appeal to everyone. The writing though is wonderful, the descriptions so vividly detailed that it allows the reader to see, feel and hear what the characters are thinking and feeling. The limited amount of characters, let the reader notice the things that change, and what changed them. Local lore, superstitions, a devil that skips from person, to animal, farmers that attempt to draw lot lines away from him. Is he real?

A friend of mine at work read this book before me and he gave me some good advice. Don't skim or skip, because needed information is imparted amongst the details. So true, things would appear innocent with the significance only noted later by this reader. The more one recognizes what is happening, the deeper the dread. A strange book, but one so fitting for the Halloween season.

ARC from Edelweiss.