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Book Info
Name of the Book : The House of Dust
Author : Noah Broyles
Publisher : Inkshares
Publication Date : 28 September 2021
No. Of Pages : 300
Format : Paperback
Why did I chose the book?
The House of Dust by Noah Broyles was available for review on request on Netgalley. I was , eventually searching for a horror thriller. Also, the description of the book was also interesting, so, couldn’t miss it for anything.
Where to get the the book?
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Author Introduction
The House of Dust is the debut book of Noah Broyles. Noah Broyles is a college student born in Tennessee. He started writing at the age of 14 and has gradually, promoted himself from typewriter to laptop. You can follow the author on social media:
Inkshares : https://www.inkshares.com/noah-broyles
Twitter : https://twitter.com/noahebroyles
Blurb
Brad, a depressed reporter with his fiance, Jeniffer comes to the town of Three Summers to find an exciting story for his magazine “ Southern Gothic”. But, little do they know that the the town had a disturbed past. The town beings believe in worshipping “Adamah”,an angel. They think that Adamah helps them in getting rid of their bitter past.
Brad and Jeniffer, in time, find themselves embroiled with the town’s creepy history. He decides to leave the town but finally his past gets him.
What was the history of Three Summers? What happened to Brad and Jeniffer? Will they be able to escape?
My Opinion
The House of Dust by Noah Broyles is a horror thriller book. The plot is good enough about a town worshiping a dark angel and the characters with a disturbed past themselves. But, the story has multiple POV’s and the incidents jump too frequently between present and past.
At a point, I got literally confused with the incidents as I was not able to understand the time line. Also, the story is not creepy enough. I was waiting throughout the whole story for something exciting, but nothing came up.
The best part of the book is that the author at the end has narrated the whole incidents in order of their time line, which finally helped me in understanding the story.
Character Portrayal
All the characters in the book, The House of dust by Noah Broyles, are near about given same definition. They all have a disturbed past. The author has missed on one point that he didn’t clearly defined the past of our protagonists, Brad and Jeniffer. Everything is defined at the end of the story. Due to this, I was not able to attach myself with any of the characters. Also, none of the characters were creepy enough to scare me.
Narrative Style
In terms of narrative style, Noah Broyles has done a commendable work in his debut book, The House of Dust. The author has described each scene and situation with minute detailing. The only disadvantage the narration have is change of scenes abruptly. At a time you are reading one time line and next page you are on other.
Ratings
- Recommendation ----------------- 4/5
- Plot --------------------------------- 5/5
- Writing Style ---------------------- 4/5
- Cover ------------------------------- 4/5
- Characters -------------------------- 4/5
- Climax ------------------------------ 5/5
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