Crip Cyn
Cynamenell, Cyn, is just a useless, crippled, orphaned, mill-village girl, to the folks in her community. Until she kills the rapist, takes on her murderin’ daddy, opens her neighbor’s closed minds, and warms their stone-cold hearts.
One sweet intelligent girl can wield unimaginable powers over evil.
Assessment:
Plot: This character-driven novel is emotional, exciting, and well plotted. Pacini maintains and builds tension well throughout the story.
Prose/Style: Pacini’s prose firmly places the reader amid the southern location and culture, with great authenticity.
Originality: Crip Cyn is an emotional and entertaining thriller about the importance of chosen family. The oversimplistic themes relating to good versus evil could be bolstered to improve an otherwise intriguing and fresh story.
Character Development: Pacini’s characters are either wholly good, like survivors of trauma who overcame great odds, generous neighbors who give freely, etc. or wholly bad, like the abusive villains. Although the novel begins with the titular character murdering another child, she is quickly forgiven for the circumstances and for the widely accepted fact that he was a ‘bad’ child. Still, readers will find it easy to root for the many intrinsically good characters, thanks to Pacini’s writing.
Date Submitted: August 31, 2020
