Tinfoil Butterfly

AdamMoe2023 reviewed Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton

Trippy and Dreamlike

4 stars

This was a strange read, as everything about this novel seemed cloudy and dreamlike to me. From the setting (a deserted ghost town in the South Dakota Badlands) to the characters (including a deranged madman and a child in a tinfoil mask) this book reads a bit like a fever dream following a David Lynch marathon.

And I mean that in a positive way.

I was in the mood for a bit of weird, and I got it. Recommend for when you feel the same.

WellWorthARead reviewed Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve Moulton

Review of 'Tinfoil Butterfly' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was an intriguing novel that was not exactly what I was expecting from the description, but by the time I realized that, the story had already sucked me in and I had to find out more about Emma and why she seemed to be on her own with a horrid scar on her stomach from pulling out her own stitches. It's not clear at first why Emma so desperately wants to get to the Badlands or what it has to do with her past, but she is obviously willing to risk her life to make it there. When she ends up having to run from the man who promised to take her there, she finds herself in a deserted ghost town where she meets a troubled child with a past even more tragic than her own. With a blizzard on the way and a deranged man after her, Emma's …

This was an intriguing novel that was not exactly what I was expecting from the description, but by the time I realized that, the story had already sucked me in and I had to find out more about Emma and why she seemed to be on her own with a horrid scar on her stomach from pulling out her own stitches. It's not clear at first why Emma so desperately wants to get to the Badlands or what it has to do with her past, but she is obviously willing to risk her life to make it there. When she ends up having to run from the man who promised to take her there, she finds herself in a deserted ghost town where she meets a troubled child with a past even more tragic than her own. With a blizzard on the way and a deranged man after her, Emma's desire to live awakens in ways she never thought possible.
I received an advance copy for review.

johnny dangerously.

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Aug. 13, 2022

biblio_creep

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Jan 6