So this month Stormi and I decided to shake up our buddy read a tad. Instead of reading the same book, we both picked a book the other has been wanting us to read for a long time. It was really fun and encouraged us both to read a book from our backlist. Overall I'd say it was a success. So once you read the review of the book Stormi picked up for me, make sure to stop by her blog HERE and check out what I chose for her!
TITLE: The Moor
AUTHOR: Sam Haysom
PUBLISHER: Unbound Digital
PUBLISHING DATE: May 8, 2018
FROM GOODREADS: It begins with a ghost story around a campfire. Teenagers out on a walking trip, trying to act brave in front of each other.
But as the walk gets underway and the boys begin to fall out, odd things start to happen.
Noises in the night. A severed rabbit’s foot outside someone’s tent.
Soon, the boys begin to disappear.
As panic sets in and a storm approaches, the remaining boys must band together to face a darkness not even the local ghost stories could help them predict.
MY THOUGHTS: I've been wanting to read this for quite some time but as the cover reminds me of a certain book I didn't like that everyone else loves (AKA: Katsu's The Hunger) I kind of put it off. However, with some encouragement from my blogging BFF, I finally picked it up, and she was right, I really did like it.
"The Moor" has dual timelines, something I really tend to enjoy, and tells the story of a group of boys who go on a camping trip with a coach and his son in the moor, an area wrapped up in urban legend and ghost stories. Over the course of several days, some of boys disappear, and it's up to those remaining to escape from an indescribable entity (and really, it is indescribable but I'll get to that in a moment). Because of the way the novel is arranged, the reader knows right away some of the campers have survived, and as the tale weaves on, we are clued in to what really happened on that camping trip.
As I mentioned, I liked the dual timelines and I also enjoyed reading the book from the boys' POV. The setting was very atmospheric and spooky with just a hint of monsters and the supernatural. That being said, I was a tad disappointed in the ending because I felt the the author never did let the reader know what was really happening. I love reading about monsters but I do prefer to know what they are!
That being said, "The Moor" was a engrossing read and I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for any future works from this author. I also think this would be a great book to pick up with Halloween and the spooky season right around the corner.
MY RATING: 4 PAWS
