Come with Me

Precise rating: 4.5 ⭐

I love when I buy books on impulse and they turn out to be fantastic. This one is one of those books.

In the beginning of part 4 I was a little bit unsure whether I liked the direction it seemed to be going, but pretty quickly it turned out that I didn't have to worry about it at all. Malfi's skill to write unique characters is at least on level 9000 and the ending is phenomenal!

I love how Malfi included paranormal elements in such a subtle way that it was unclear until the end whether any of that spooky stuff was happening at all.

This is a mystery, this is a horror, this is a tragedy. Malfi writes a book that has those small-town creepy vibes but includes those classic mystery feels and the heartbreak of loss. It took me a while to get used to the second-person narration because, as avid a reader as I am, I rarely see this. Malfi does it well, though, so stick with the bizarre taste it leaves in your mouth and indulge in something a little different and very haunting.

Stunning is the first word that comes to mind when I think about this book. The main character is interesting and endearing and the way he talks about and experience grief feels so real you can tell that the author is no stranger to grief.
I did not see the ending coming although maybe I should have but I was just too busy enjoying the book to think about how it would end.
It was my first time reading a one of Malfi's books and it will not be the last.

For the aces/sex repulsed in the room: there's one sex scene that features some “kink” going too far the scene isn't too descriptive on the sex bits, it didn't gross me out but it's there and a relatively important part of the story, you can't real skim it without missing some potentially important details.