Review: Midnight in Soap Lake

Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew J. Sullivan
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Unfortunately this one fell victim to the Goodreads hype machine and fell hard as hell. My hopes were high for this one - a sort of latter day Twin Peaks in a small Washington state town, but desert instead of forest, and imagine my surprise when I learned that Soap Lake was a real place. But for all the hype, this book’s pale, dusty imitation of Lynch (not to mention a watered down Night Vale) wound up being one of my biggest disappointments of the year so far. Abigail was a surprisingly flat and boring protagonist, and while Esme’s flashbacks spiced things up a little, it wasn’t enough to retain my interest. DNF, and seeing the spoilers, that was the right call.

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