A review by galaxiesofbooks
This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

nearly got myself into a bad reading slump. 😭 it's been a while since i felt like that about a horror book.
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i didn't manage to connect with any of the characters whatsoever. they all felt completely one-dimensional and didn't have personalities to them at all.
i only really cared about slade the dog lol but even that didn't prevent me from being done with this.
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the writing style was also weak. at the beginning it felt like the author was trying to cram as many words as possible just for the sake of word count instead of actually trying to write in a way that would be engaging and interesting. that was one of the main reasons why i couldn't continue with the book anymore, i just couldn't get past the writing style.
the dialogue also was at times cringy.
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i only managed to get to 27% before i decided to put it down and spoil myself. i'm glad about that cos the things that happened weren't even worth continuing for in my opinion, the "twists" didn't end up doing anything for me.
sad to say i can't recommend this to anyone and i understand now why people ain't vibing with this book. it definitely ain't for me.