Review: Makes you feel like you're going insane, but in a good way.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
In the first book of the trilogy it became clear that it was a horror story in every sense of the word. Blood, gore, and horrific occurrences permeated the town of Widowsfield. Book 2 delivers that same authentic brand of horror, but adds a mind warping convoluted narrative with various interwoven timelines that eventually sort themselves out by the end, but make things difficult at first. It perfectly serves as a way for the reader to become involved in what it feels like for the characters to be trapped within Widowsfield and experience the sanity twisting hell that the town became. If there's one thing Wise has proven to be adept at in both his Widowsfield Trilogy and Deadlocked series, it's telling stories in unconventional ways and making sure the reader doesn't get too comfortable.