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I’ll start out.

The ending basically satisfied me. It did everything it needed to. But it felt grade B compared to the rest of the book.

I’m actually rarely invested in a book as much as I was in this one. While I knew Matt’s dad wasn’t a villain and that he did care about Jesse, once he burned the rape evidence, I started to feel dread. My imagination was preparing for how bad this could get. Fabry kept preparing my for drama with grim stuff like Matt’s line that when you’re a kid in a situation like him, you should be able to trust your father. And when the Mothman appeared…I was ready for something heart-wrenching.

It didn’t happen.

In my opinion, Fabry should have paid off the foreshadowing with a stronger climax. However, should he have lessened the foreshadowing to match the payoff he was planning for the climax? I’m not sure. I liked the anticipation so much that I think I’m even willing to ignore the insufficient payoff.

Thematically though, it was a tight ending, so three stars out of five for the ending from me and five stars for the book over all.