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The Devil's Churn

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A dull, plodding novel about a bunch of seaside citizens who endlessly lament their collective past. A boy comes back from the dead. Some witchcraft nonsense. Rather unlikeable.

This book is one of those you have to ask yourself, why was it written? It advances no new fields in spook writing, or even psychological suspense. Ms. Rusch's novel is slow and plodding, yet she does give you some richly developed characters. The problem is most of them are not very likeable at all. Take the novel's focal character: Addie Hawthorne..what a real bi..anyway, somehow she manages to come out sort of a heroine by the novel's end, but you have to go through some really lengthy scenes to get there.
The plot is somewhat muddled at times and one never really knows who to blame for the disasters befalling the cove and what really lies within the churn. Although the climactic scene does reveal some facts, overall I found myself wanting to know more: what was Lisa's involvement? Who really killed the man in the car? What will happen to Spencer?
Why the three? I guess I found myself involved in the book and there are some really touching scenes. Not a great book by any means, but a good time-passer.