pickI‘m not a horror girl at all, but this was over-the-top fun. A nod to slasher films, this had tons of great pop culture references and humor, but still plenty of gore, because it is a horror book.
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#pop24 - horror book by a BIPOC author
so-soI wanted to like this! I didn't want to overthink the cheesy teen slasher horror and tried to go with the flow (of gore). Alas! Thoughts invaded. The killer's motive was the most nonsensical thing. I mean? What is even going on there? This makes me sound horrible but the book is best when it's fast-paced and slashy and bloody and at its worst when it spends way too many pages on teen angst and romance. Granted, I'm not the target audience, but.
The woman known online as Red Nose Trixie was still screaming as Quinn let the the door swing closed.
There were a lot of names on her list, and Quinn wanted to be out of Maryland before dusk.
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Clown In A Cornfield 2 opens a year after the events of the first book with the survivors dealing with loss, life change but also harassment due to a viral conspiracy documentary about the events of the first book. I can't say too much about this one without spoiling book 1, so I will say that I went into this expecting more of the same of book 1 & was pleasantly surprised to find a different take. Def more political, but with the slasher (CONT)
Not the first line, but this line made me chuckle: ... that pretender, that profiteer, that carpetbagging new-money Branson scum.
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pickThis is a short novel at 230 pages. Charity works at Camp Mirror Lake, and runs an immersive horror experience for her guests. That is a great idea, and I would have enjoyed reading more about the actual mechanics behind the experience itself. But the story becomes an actual horror story, as counselors go missing and it is revealed that someone wants to murder everyone working at the camp. This is a young adult book, so a bit juvenile for me.
so-soI am not sure what this adds to Stephen Graham Jones's oeuvre. It's written like someone's describing a slasher film, tons of movie references, a couple of twists, of course, but way too wink-wink, tongue in cheek for me to enjoy for as many hours as it took to listen to it. It reads like a warm-up for The Indian Lake Trilogy.
so-soThe breathless pacing of a short story or novella packed with the plot and world-building that would almost work for a full length novel. At 230 pages it's kind of too short and too long at the same time. I think 350 pages would have given a bit more time to get to know the characters, build both red herrings and hints of the actual baddies, as well as expand on the intriguing lore that was introduced. 1/2
Love language: VIOLENT acts of service.
