Ordinary Monsters

3.5 rounded up; Finally finished!!! To be honest, I started with really high hopes of great world-building, character development, and a strong plot that would be engaging throughout the whole book. But I think the downside was how the story was written. It was kind of there – but it was more of telling, not showing. The visuals were imaginative, but I wished it was taken a step further to add to the plot, the setting, the talent, and the horror aspects of this book. My favorite parts were probably the the train scene and the very end, but otherwise, there were just a lot of backstories for many of the characters, and it became difficult to juggle back and forth. And “what the heck” moments with Eliza and Brynt?? I was rooting for them all the way, then they just disappeared. Was really unfortunate to build up great characters and then remove them..