“The Eaton” is a fun, novel twist on monster fiction. It’s filled with largely likable, sympathetic characters trapped in a grim and perilous environment. I liked the flashback element of the story, which gradually forms our understanding of the situation. As some reviewers have pointed out, the flashback-within-a-flashback technique can be momentarily confusing, but this doesn’t present too much of a problem.
What I found most intriguing about this novel was the air of mistrust that the antagonist is able to create among the characters. This element, in which the reader is every bit as in the dark as are the protagonists, adds a suspenseful and gripping element to the story.