Once I finished reading this story, I knew I had a contender for my book of the year.
A God in the Shed was outstanding and had me riveted from page one.
How did I get to that point? Unfortunately a way too roundabout route.
A God in the Shed came onto my radar last year and I snagged it on one of my large book hauls. Then it was buried in my TBR. And then buried again.
Then when 2019 was approaching I made the decision to organize my TBR and when I spotted this one as sitting there, unread, I moved it up to the start of the list. And yes I get the irony of “top of the list” because if you were to go to my Goodreads page at this exact moment, it’ll tell you that I’ve read 35 books already in 2019. Which means I’m averaging about 18 books a month, but also that 34 books came before it!
A God in the Shed follows the small town of Saint-Ferdinand and its inhabitants. The town is cursed by having a god of pain and death reside in it and we get to follow the exploits as its presence becomes known to all the townsfolk.
This is everything I wished the novel Hex was. Dubeau builds tension both between the numerous characters, which are all done some incredibly well, and within the town. People keep finding out more and more about the long backstory of the town.
Throughout all of this – this devil, this god, has been locked in the shed accidentally and is now trapped.
I loved the varying descriptions of the god the author uses and the gore within this story is so fantastically done.
I had been warned by some folks that they felt the ending wasn’t great, but for me it worked out perfectly. I believe, and this is a personal belief, that Dubeau fully plotted this novel out. From page one to the last page of the epilogue, the entire story read like every single detail was meticulously plotted it and when the ending came I was a fan of what he did. I don’t believe this is a spoiler, but the epilogue gave some tidbits towards a re-visit to some of the characters down the road. I don’t believe this will ever happen, but with the book having been optioned to become a filmed property, that may well end up being the case. If that does happen – consider me a first day buyer.
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drabnewman
3 years ago
only knocked it down from 5 stars because it wasn’t until the end that I realized that this was the start of a series and not a “stand-alone story”
Author
rherric
3 years ago
It has a good plot and the author does a good job releasing the rules of this universe as the story progresses. There are a fair amount of twists and turns throughout the story. The end of the story is a bit of a fizzle, but the majority of the book kept me engaged.
A stunning ride through rural Quebec!
Once I finished reading this story, I knew I had a contender for my book of the year.
A God in the Shed was outstanding and had me riveted from page one.
How did I get to that point? Unfortunately a way too roundabout route.
A God in the Shed came onto my radar last year and I snagged it on one of my large book hauls. Then it was buried in my TBR. And then buried again.
Then when 2019 was approaching I made the decision to organize my TBR and when I spotted this one as sitting there, unread, I moved it up to the start of the list. And yes I get the irony of “top of the list” because if you were to go to my Goodreads page at this exact moment, it’ll tell you that I’ve read 35 books already in 2019. Which means I’m averaging about 18 books a month, but also that 34 books came before it!
A God in the Shed follows the small town of Saint-Ferdinand and its inhabitants. The town is cursed by having a god of pain and death reside in it and we get to follow the exploits as its presence becomes known to all the townsfolk.
This is everything I wished the novel Hex was. Dubeau builds tension both between the numerous characters, which are all done some incredibly well, and within the town. People keep finding out more and more about the long backstory of the town.
Throughout all of this – this devil, this god, has been locked in the shed accidentally and is now trapped.
I loved the varying descriptions of the god the author uses and the gore within this story is so fantastically done.
I had been warned by some folks that they felt the ending wasn’t great, but for me it worked out perfectly. I believe, and this is a personal belief, that Dubeau fully plotted this novel out. From page one to the last page of the epilogue, the entire story read like every single detail was meticulously plotted it and when the ending came I was a fan of what he did. I don’t believe this is a spoiler, but the epilogue gave some tidbits towards a re-visit to some of the characters down the road. I don’t believe this will ever happen, but with the book having been optioned to become a filmed property, that may well end up being the case. If that does happen – consider me a first day buyer.
only knocked it down from 5 stars because it wasn’t until the end that I realized that this was the start of a series and not a “stand-alone story”
It has a good plot and the author does a good job releasing the rules of this universe as the story progresses. There are a fair amount of twists and turns throughout the story. The end of the story is a bit of a fizzle, but the majority of the book kept me engaged.