The Laws of the Skies

The Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

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The story of Olivier and Nathalie in the car. Why? What was the point?

Enzo, what a terrible child. Why did they allow him to come on a school trip in the first place?

The most disturbing part of the book was when the teachers told the kids the story of The Laws of the Skies. How could anyone think that is appropriate for a group of 6 year olds.

Much of the book was the children musing on the meaning of live and love and family.

Reggie Oof this was a rough one. 1y

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stretchkev

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Normally I'm on board fir killer kids, but this one was not it. Wanting 6 year olds to behave like children but having an emotional maturity to analyze their reactions didn't work for me.

The adult storylines definitely devolved into a bit of that French stereotypes of affairs and unsaid desires that really had no place in the story.

Reggie I‘m sorry this one didn‘t work for you. Part of what destroyed me in this book is when most of the kids couldn‘t recognize their mortality. They just thought it would get better and most of them asked for their mom. Broke my heart. Lol 3y

stretchkev @Reggie I definitely wrote it as 6 years for that incredibly dark and effective mommy moment. I think in my head it would have worked better with a mixed age group (6-12) with Enzo and Hugo being the oldest since that fits their thought pattern better and the trio OcĆ©ane, Luis, and Nathan being just a touch older. Everything can stay, and for me it would have just worked. These are small nitpicks, I know, but it would've kept me more engaged. (edited) 3y

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Reggie

The Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

#21DaysofHorror Day 17. The passage above is not a spoiler. It‘s in the prologue. This has got to be one of the most bleak and terrifying books I have ever read. Along with the discovery of how everyone dies, is the story the teacher tells from which the title is taken which in itself is a horror story within a horror story. This book put me into a funk for a couple of days while making me glad I‘ll never have kids. #thekidsarenotalright

batsy This sums up how I felt reading it! 3y

vivastory I have checked this one out from the library several times and just never got around to it. I actually had to return it yesterday because it was overdue. š¤£ Someday... 3y

Bookzombie I need a way to say I loved this without saying I loved it because as you said it is bleak and terrifying. It is one I think about fairly often. Thank you for putting it on my radar after you first read it. š™‚ 3y

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Reggie @batsy @Bookzombie I don‘t know the word that says a book has seared or branded itself into your memory because of the amount of horror and pain. We should have a world like that though, right? 3y

Reggie @Vivastory well because of you it won‘t be discarded any time soon. Lol 3y

Bookzombie @Reggie We should have a word like that! Also, I‘m going to put this on hold at the library just so it circulates again, lol. @vivastory 3y

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swynn

Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

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Twelve first-graders go on a camping trip with three adult chaperones. None survive. (This isn't a spoiler, it's right there on page one.) Deeply conflicted thoughts about this one: the prose is excellent, and I sympathize with its radically antiromantic themes. But we're talking about gruesome deaths of six-year-olds, in a series of events so unlikely that it often feels more like slapstick than splatter. TW for extreme violence against children

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DGRachel

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Coach House Books published one of my favorite books of last year. If anyone is interested, this weekend, they‘re running a sale with the code #CRANKYQUEEN. I laughed so hard at the ad, I placed an order.

(Not affiliated with them - just entertained and thought I‘d share. š)

LeahBergen I almost forgot it was Victoria Day weekend here until earlier today. š™„ 4y

merelybookish Thanks for posting this. I ordered a few books. Trying to support indie stores and publishers. š¤˛ 4y

DGRachel @LeahBergen It‘s not a holiday here, of course, so I wouldn‘t have known about it at all if I hadn‘t seen the ad on Instagram. I‘m still giggling about it. 4y

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batsy

The Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

Faves of 2019 #adventrecommends Dec 11

Yeah, go on and mess with my head, Mr Courtois š°š©š¤Æ

(With apologies to @Reggie š†)

@emilyrose_x

Reggie I will NEVER!! EVER!! Forgive you!!!!! Lol š‚ 5y

Cosmos_Moon_River Yikes! This sounds creepy. The book profile description is terrifying. 5y

batsy @Reggie š¹ A peace offering, Reggie š‚ 5y

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batsy @Cosmos_Moon It's short, but brutal and strange and horrifying š… 5y

cleoh Oooh great cover! 5y

DGRachel This is totally one of my favorites from this year. Definitely top two. I was recently recommended The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling because someone said since I loved The Laws of the Skies, I'd love TLD. I'm simultaneously thrilled and terrified. š±

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sprainedbrain Oh this book. š± 5y

batsy @cleoh It's really striking! 5y

batsy @DGRachel I'm so glad it's one of your top reads of the year, too! I have that Caitlin Starling book on my Kindle wishlist... It sounds proper creepy, doesn't it! I've seen it compared to Annihilation as well, which is up there as one of my favourite creepy-weird reads. 5y

batsy @sprainedbrain š’€š’€ 5y

DGRachel Ooh, I loved Annihilation, too. Didn't care for the sequel, but that first book was great. TLD is on my January 2020 TBR and I'm even more excited now! 5y

readordierachel So twisted! š¬ 5y

batsy @DGRachel I think you'll get to it before me so I'll look out for your review š I hope it lives up to our expectations! 5y

batsy @readordierachel So much! š† 5y

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Bookzombie

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I don‘t have kids, but is it a thing to take a group of 6 year olds camping?

Who does this?

Are 3 adult chaperones enough for twelve 6 year olds?

I‘m going to say no based on this book. This book is well written, but by the end I wanted to scrub my brain to remove the images.

I would like thank @batsy @Reggie and @sprainedbrain for bringing this one to my attention. š™‚ I liked it even with the whole brain scrubbing thing. #screamathon

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sprainedbrain Excellent review! And you brought back all of the images for me without even giving details. š¬š‚ 5y

DGRachel Such a great book! I love seeing other reviews. š 5y

batsy Haha! I understand the need for some brain scrubbing after this one š† 5y

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Reggie Lolol, oof, the six page episode where the š— eats the kid, holy ****. Glad you ā€enjoyedā€¯ it!!! 5y

readordierachel Love this review š† This is definitely one of those books that sticks with you, for better or worse. 5y

Bookzombie @sprainedbrain Thank you! @DGRachel Me too! š™‚ @batsy The brain scrubbing hasn‘t helped. š€ @Reggie lol, Yes! I was describing it to my sister this weekend knowing she won‘t read this one. @readordierachel Thank you! It definitely does! 5y

DGRachel I actually loaned my copy to a coworker to read, after somewhat warning her. I‘m dying for her to find time to read it. I just hope we can stay friends. š¤£š¤£š¤£ 5y

Bookzombie @DGRachel LOL I hope so too. š™‚ 5y

alisiakae With so many Littens recommending this, STACKED! š 5y

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shadowspeak17

The Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

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I‘m honestly not sure what to say about this one. It‘s definitely fucked up, but that was pretty obvious from the blurb so that‘s not a problem. I don‘t know. It wasn‘t bad. There was some good writing. I think I just expected more from it. š¤·š¸½ā€¨ā™€ļø¸

#catsoflitsy #Ember

Lreads Ember is so precious! š»š’• 5y

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sprainedbrain

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This little book is brutal and horrible and savage. It‘s like Lord of the Flies + Friday the 13th (with literal 6-year-olds instead of teenagers). I‘m not giving away anything that isn‘t in the description: of the 12 children and 3 adults on this camping trip, none of them survive.

As a wise man ( @Reggie ) said in his review, I can‘t recommend this book to anyone.

It‘s well-written, beyond disturbing, and I could not stop reading it.

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batsy I'm still trying to figure out what kind of sorcery takes place when the writing is so beautiful about something so bleak and horrific š… 5y

sprainedbrain @batsy it‘s just astounding! I sat here with my hand over my mouth, absolutely appalled, and the writing was so damn good! 5y

Reggie Lolol, are you ok? I haven‘t had a book put me in a slump like this one did. I honestly just felt like I was in a straight jacket staring at walls for a couple of days after what happened in here. That whole section about the š—.......Jesus!!!! Nice review! 5y

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erzascarletbookgasm I‘ve read so many intriguing reviews about this book, especially @Reggie @DGRachel @batsy reviews. Now yours, about hands over mouth....I want to read but am scared š§! 5y

JaclynW I looked like that reading Lord of the Flies!! Itcwas one of the most disturbing books I've ever read. I loved it. I obviously need to read this one too. Thanks! 5y

sprainedbrain @Reggie I thought that part with the boar would never end... I was squirming through it and it just went on and on, but it was so perfectly described. I‘m going to have to go straight into another very different book to avoid a slump. 5y

DGRachel I love how a book that is so small, so short, can have such a huge impact. The writing is truly stunning. 5y

vivastory I'm not sure what it says about me that I'm really excited to read this š¤”š‚ 5y

sprainedbrain @vivastory Nothing worse than what it says about me for enjoying it. š³ 5y

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readordierachel

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"All of these stories, all of these tales, repeat ad nauseam that a child has no business alone in the middle of the woods, that no good can come of heading off-road. And yet here we are."

Harrowing & grotesque, although there's a certain poetry to it. Abandon all hope if you choose to read this book. The situations are so extreme & hopeless that it's almost cathartic to read them & come out whole. I suppose that's horror in general, right?

readordierachel It was probably a mistake to read this before I go camping with small children this weekend... 5y

DGRachel Oh yeah! I‘m never walking into the woods again and I certainly wouldn‘t go camping with small children. Good luck! š±š±š¤£ 5y

readordierachel @DGRachel Haha! Thanks, I'll need it. š±š™ 5y

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batsy Oh, you're a brave one! ššš‚ Great review, though. Perhaps there is something cathartic about reading stuff like this. 5y

readordierachel @batsy Brave or dumb š† I kept trying to figure out what kept me reading. Like, it was so completely awful but I was enthralled and thought parts were kind of humorous. I settled on catharsis š¤·š¸½ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ 5y

Tanisha_A Love the review, and the way it contrasts the background of the picture - blue, hopeful, some clouds! 5y

readordierachel @Tanisha_A Yes, it doesn't quite fit with the tone of the book does it? š† 5y

RohitSawant Really intrigued by all the reviews for this š± 5y

readordierachel @rohit-sawant It's not for the faint of heart for sure! But worth reading if you can stomach it. 5y

DivineDiana I‘ll pass! š¤” 5y

readordierachel @DivineDiana i don't blame you. It's definitely not for everyone. Very dark. 5y

Reggie The part about the boar just made me feel like I was being spit roasted over flame. 5y

readordierachel @Reggie It definitely made an impression. I was reading that whole part through spread fingers. #thingsyoucantunread 5y

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overtheedge

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I'd describe this amazing story as 'Lord Of The Flies' gone rogue. The themes in this dark and brutal story are so well done.
Courtois ..such deep mastery, a precise and clean style to a terrifying story. The slow measured pace, even knowing the eventual outcome, makes this even more chilling and unsettling.

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Reggie

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This was a complete and over the top annihilation of innocence. 3 adults and 12 6 year olds go into the woods and never come out. This is their horrific story. I can‘t really recommend this one to anyone, but it is a pick.

erzascarletbookgasm I am most curious and intrigued by this book now, but I don‘t know if I am ready to read it š± after seeing all the reviews! 5y

TrishB And that makes me really curious! 5y

Reggie @erzascarletbookgasm @TrishB I don‘t know if it‘s for you ladies.... 5y

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TrishB I‘m not rushing! 5y

Karkar Sounds good to me! Stacking š“ 5y

KimM that's a nope
5y

batsy That face sums it up, doesn't it! 5y

sprainedbrain Another tempting review. š¤” 5y

Smrloomis @Karkar š±š† I‘m with @KimM Nope, nope, nope. 5y

DGRachel Kudos to you for making it through! @erzascarletbookgasm @TrishB It‘s short, but brutal. Very, very brutal. 5y

Centique I just watched Pitch Black on Netflix last night @Reggie so I‘m about ready to arm myself with a machete and a flame thrower before I next leave the house. š‚š‚ I think that‘s my threshold for fear already reached. #notstacking #butyouwritethebestreviews 5y

RaimeyGallant I'm terrified just reading the synopsis. 5y

Reggie Lol @KimM @Smrloomis I don‘t blame you for the nopes. 5y

Reggie @batsy @DGRachel @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled the parts that got to me were when the kids were always internally asking for their mothers and the part where the author points out that the kids didn‘t know they were at death‘s door. That they thought what and where they were was just temporary. There was a lot of psychology going on. 5y

Reggie @sprainedbrain I think you could handle this. 5y

Reggie @Centique Lolololol yeah this is a definite no for you. Although it did remind me of Rain, because it‘s short and there is that section in the end that tells you about CPR. Well I‘m here the structure was the same but instead of 6 pages of CPR there is 6 pages of how a boar eats a little boy from his legs to his arms to his face. I started laughing because I had mentally checked out because of what the author was doing. Everyone else‘s death I 5y

Reggie @Centique took hard. 5y

Reggie @RaimeyGallant it is not for 99.9% of Litsy. It‘s rough. 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Yes - agreed. I appreciated the psychology of it that the kids didn‘t understand their own mortality. 5y

readordierachel I'm reading this now š± 5y

Reggie @readordierachel whatcha think so far? 5y

readordierachel I'm "enjoying" it. It's so f'ed up, but I'm hooked. 5y

TrishB Hope you‘re ok Reggie - not seen a post for a few days! 5y

Centique Yes! What @TrishB said. Your tribe is getting restless wondering where your wonderful reviews and comments are. š‰ Hope all is well and you‘re just off being busy. š¤˛š¤˛š’• 5y

Suet624 Psst... thinking of you. I miss you!!! 5y

sprainedbrain Hey, Reggie! Missing your posts around here. Hope you‘re well! š 5y

merelybookish Popping in to see what's up! You are missed! 5y

ValerieAndBooks Missing you too! Hope all is well. 5y

LibrarianJen I‘m missing you too! I hope all is well. 5y

CarolynM I'm another one dropping in to say I'm missing you and I hope all is well. 5y

Reggie @TrishB @Centique @Suet624 @sprainedbrain @merelybookish @ValerieAndBooks @LibrarianJen @CarolynM @batsy @Cinfhen thanks for all the kind comments. Right before the 4th I was getting burned out at work, getting burned out a little with Litsy, and then I turned 40, and went into a midlife, what the hell have I done with my life, phase. #1stworldproblems But now I‘m just finishing my 2 week vacay from work, refreshed and ready to be back. Hope all 5y

Reggie Is well with you all as well. Missed you all. 5y

TrishB Awww Reggie, sometimes a good break from everything is just what‘s needed. Look after yourself š’• 5y

CarolynM Yeah, 40 is a killer. If it's any consolation, 50 is nowhere near as badš‚ Glad you enjoyed your break. 5y

TrishB @CarolynM so true! 5y

batsy Lovely to see you back Reggie and it's true, sometimes time away is just what is needed. I'm feeling much of the same (40 next year) so I'm glad to hear that, @CarolynM š… 5y

CarolynM @TrishB @batsy I wish someone had told me in advancešš€ 5y

Centique @Reggie omg Reggie, I was having conniptions that something had happened to you. Your last post was gruesome after all! š‚š‚š‚ I‘m MORE than glad to see your smiling face. š’• And as for being 40 - you‘re wiser and more perceptive than at any other time in your life, less likely to put up with bullshit, more likely to prioritise what‘s important over what other people think - you‘re more golden than ever before and you‘ve got many years ahead! 5y

Centique @Reggie I say this having taken a good few years to realise that myself! Now go write some of your famously unique reviews my friend to appease the ravenous hordes of your followers š¨š™‚š™š‰ 5y

Reggie @Centique @batsy @TrishB it‘s funny, I was a little sad when I turned twenty cause I knew I‘d never be a teenager again. 30 didn‘t phase me at all. 40 blindsided me. Lol, thank you @CarolynM for the 50‘s preview. 5y

Suet624 Reggie, I was worried something had happened to you too! Honestly, what would the world and Litsy be without Reggie? (Not being melodramatic here.) I value hearing your thoughts and missed you. @Centique @batsy @CarolynM I have to tell you, much to my surprise, hitting 60 was a piece of cake. Just hitting my stride. 5y

CarolynM @Suet624 Good to know - it's not that far away! 5y

Centique @Suet624 @Reggie I‘m so pleased to hear that! I think there are myths western society consumes about ageing - like we‘re becoming lesser as we age - and a kind of invisibility of older people and their stories that goes with it. Almost have to pull the curtain aside and find there‘s a vibrant world full of 40, 50, 60 and 70 plus out there šš‘¨š¤ 5y

sprainedbrain I‘m so glad you‘re back! Sorry about 40... it happens to the best of us. š‚ 5y

merelybookish Welcome back! Glad you're feeling better! 5y

Suet624 @Centique I love your comment about pulling the curtain aside. It‘s very true that I‘m a lot less visible to people - they often look right through me - but that allows me to get away with a lot more than I used to! š‚š‚ 5y

LibrarianJen I‘m glad that you were able to take a step back and bounce back from it. I think my crisis was when I hit 30. I didn‘t want to ā€grow upā€¯. Hopefully 40 won‘t phase me. 5y

ValerieAndBooks Glad you‘re back, Reggie! And that you got some time off. Yes, numbers ending with a zero does tend to have that kind of effect! But think of it as that you‘ve made it this far with many more to go š š. 5y

Centique @Suet624 brilliant! That‘s a strategy I can get behind! š‚ 5y

sprainedbrain Ok I just finished this. Holy hell! 5y

overtheedge I loved this book! 5y

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Reggie

The Laws of the Skies | Grégoire Courtois

Honestly, I was put into a reading slump for a couple of days by this book because I am a book monogamist and I‘m not gonna start another book until I finish this one. But this one is rough. You find out by the 2nd page of the prologue none of these 6 year olds survive. So why am I reading this? I love horror but kids.....the self betrayal is deep.

Cathythoughts I agree , anything with children I find very difficult.. can‘t read it š’” 5y

Reggie @Cathythoughts it‘s all @batsy ā€s fault.š 5y

Megabooks Yikes!! 5y

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Cathythoughts Books are books ... we often read about the unspeakable... ( I‘ll have to have a word with @batsy š†) 5y

batsy @Reggie @Cathythoughts I'm sorry š† @DGRachel @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled and I were trying to warn everyone with our reviews š #TheyAllDie 5y

Suet624 Ouch. I‘m sorry. 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @DGRachel @batsy @Cathythoughts @reggie Batsy got us going and I guess we‘re just monsters. I‘m cool with it š† 5y

DGRachel Oh @Reggie I‘m so sorry. I guess @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled is right and along with @batsy the three of us are monsters. It is a brutal, depraved book. I don‘t read much horror, so I‘m always over enthusiastic when I read one I enjoy (and enjoy sounds wrong with the violence against kids, but it‘s the best word I can come up with). 5y

Cathythoughts @batsy @DGRachel @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I just stacked it š™„... I want to read it now 5y

DGRachel @Cathythoughts š‚š¤£š‚š¤£ All I can say is #YouHaveBeenWarned š¤£š‚š¤£š‚ 5y

Reggie @Suet624 No, no, it‘s my own fault. I say I love horror and then find out there is a line. 5y

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DGRachel

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Holy crap. WTF did I just read? 12 kids & 3 adults enter the forest. No one comes out alive. This had me on the edge of my seat the entire time and that ending? Oh. My. God. I‘m never going into a forest again. Winnie the Pooh meets The Blair Witch Project meets Lord of the Flies. Brutal. Depraved. Terrifying. And so damn good. I‘m not going to be able to sleep. #librarything #earlyreviewers

JoScho I am super excited to read this one! 5y

DGRachel @JoScho It‘s so good. @batsy did a much more coherent review than I did, but yeah...so disturbing. I totally expect nightmares tonight. 5y

JoScho Sounds right up my alley. Do you know the release date? 5y

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DGRachel @JoScho According to Goodreads, it was released May 14th so it‘s out now! 5y

JoScho Yes!!! Going to look for it now! Thanks so much š–¤ 5y

batsy Oh wow, I'm glad another person liked it so I'm not alone š‚ Every once in awhile I think about this book and Enzo in particular and creep myself out again 5y

DGRachel @batsy Oh, Enzo. He was a terrifying character, but I could not cheer his death. It was so awful. I just kept thinking ā€that poor childā€¯. It‘s definitely a book I feel weird saying I loved, but it really was so well written. 5y

batsy @DGRachel Yes! I felt the same. He was terrifying when he was in power but when he was dying I only felt sadness. Also about the kind of father he had. This book made me feel so many uncomfortable things. 5y

DGRachel @batsy Yes. The ending left me so sad. I finished it three hours ago and still can‘t bring myself to try to sleep. 5y

Reggie If I had not stacked this from @batsy I would have stacked it now. Lol, great review!! 5y

BarbaraBB Stacked. I can‘t ignore it any longer. Stellar review! 5y

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DGRachel

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Super excited to receive this from LibraryThing today. Described as ā€Winnie the Pooh meets The Blair Witch Projectā€¯. What the what?!?! Can‘t wait to sink my teeth into this one! #bookmail #librarything #earlyreviewers

readordierachel It sounds bananas in the best way! 5y

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled

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3 adults and 12 6-year-olds go on a camping trip.
Everyone dies (not a spoiler). In horrible, descriptive ways.

This book is MESSED UP. I liked it. š¸
If you like horror and gore and hopeless situations, give it a try. Thank you, @batsy for introducing me to this!

IamIamIam Whoo hoo!! Great review! 5y

batsy Ahhh! I'm glad you liked it, however weird that sounds for a book like this š†ā¯¤ļø¸ 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @IamIamIam š‚ Thanks! Two kinds of people: those who run TO a book like this and those who run FROM it š† (edited) 5y

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @batsy It certainly kept me glued to the pages šØ 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Yikes! š™€ @batsy does gore and horror? š§ 5y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm It's the most beautifully-described gore, though š…š³š™ The writing is maybe like Suskind's Perfume

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batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Bahaha I just saw that @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled enjoyed Perfume, too! š† 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @batsy Perfume! Such good writing! If there are any other gorey psycho books you care to recommend, Im all ears! 5y

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batsy

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A savage, vicious fairy tale of horror. The dark woods, lost parents, murderous kids, dead bodies, toxic fruits, & WILD BOARS. It's not a spoiler, but definitely a needed TW, that children die & that they also inflict pain. It got under my skin & gave me weird hallucinatory nightmares. A surrealist exploration of what happens when meaning breaks down in society & only survival matters. Maybe a metaphor for our current level of civilisation? ā¬‡ļø¸

batsy I guess another surreal element that was also kind of poignant is that the author doesn't try to depict children authentically (can adults ever do that?), but instead "psychologises" (is that a word? ?) them in the manner of how adults think about children. They are children as how adults imagine children to be. I'm not sure if that's what made the story less of a shock-value tale, & more nuanced & scary. I don't know. It messed with my head. 5y

batsy Another warning: there's like a 7-year-old Patrick Bateman in here. To borrow from a review on Goodreads, would recommend this only to fellow weirdos. 4 ā #netgalley 5y

Cathythoughts Excellent review... sounds very intense & good ... and scary ! Well done ! A hard one to review I‘d say ... 5y

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Centique Whoa. I‘m kinda scared right now š³ Maybe not for me! Great review though š™ 5y

Cinfhen Fabulous review!!!!!! 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts @Centique Thanks šš Not a book I can easily recommend to anyone and definitely depends a lot on personal comfort level with the content. Also not a book I can easily forget! 5y

batsy @Cinfhen Thanks ā¯¤ļø¸ this is the book I was referring to in the comment to your post... I'm staying out of the woods, lol š 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oh wow - now I want to read this immediately!! 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I just looked it up to read more about it and one description said ā€winnie-the-pooh meets The Blair Witch Projectā€¯ š‚š Oh yes, I‘m ordering this today!! 5y

DivineDiana @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled And I was thinking the opposite! š‚ But great review @batsy ! 5y

Cinfhen Too many Patrick Bateman‘s out there š±š±šØš³ 5y

ShyBookOwl Great review. Stacked! 5y

Ms_T Brilliant review and stacked! 5y

batsy @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @DivineDiana Haha! Thank you both, and Ericka it's weird to say I hope you "enjoy" it ? But I do hope you find it a worthwhile read! And I apologise in advance if you hate it ? 5y

batsy @ShyBookOwl @Ms_T Thank you š 5y

Leftcoastzen ā€Fellow weirdos ā€š‚ 5y

batsy @Leftcoastzen š† 5y

LeahBergen Crikey! š¬ 5y

Reggie You had me at the first sentence. Lol 5y

batsy @Reggie Haha! I mean it as the highest compliment when I think this book might be your jam š 5y

batsy @Reggie Also reminds me that this might be a @rohit-sawant kind of book! 5y

RohitSawant This fellow weirdo is definitely intrigued š„ Gosh, this sounds intense! I'm freaked out by the woods anyway so this is extra scary š¬ Can't not stack this after such a stellar review š™š¸¼ 5y

batsy @rohit-sawant Thanks, Rohit! It's an interesting book in how it takes childhood and primal horrors to its extreme, but is not excessively violent, although it is grotesque towards the end. I find I have a hard time using words to explain it š† Would love to know what you think if you get around to it! 5y

readordierachel Fabulous review. This sounds terrifying. Of course I want to read it š† 5y

batsy @readordierachel Thank you! āŗļø¸ Yes I think there are some of us who can't resist a book like this š† 5y

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