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sharon_1963's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
4.25
This is my first book by this author and it won't be my last. I loved how the humour blends with the horror making it an enjoyable reading experience. I will caution people who are weak of stomach and do not like horror to stir clear of this one as quite a few scenes made me squirm. Without spoiling anything for anyone wanting to read this book, the scenes in question involved rats and a cockroach. If you know, you know.
borderlinebookish's review against another edition
I was halfway through it and bored out of my mind. This was billed to me as horror comedy and there was barely any of either. Life is too short to read boring books.
jesscrawford98's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
heeeyrobin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Great pacing, very tense and comedic. A horror centred around 80's housewives and their own personal strife whilst trying to deal with supernatural horrors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Child abuse, and Body horror
Minor: Racism
angelicalm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
zorroschance's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
stephiechuchu's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
haileyldavidson's review against another edition
1.0
I would never ever in my life exchange this book to someone else for money, and am petitioning for someone to remove it from my house immediately for free. I truly and genuinely never want to see this book again. I think it made me ill. Extremely dissapointing book, I would not have finished if not for my own pride and the fact that I probably blacked out. Before TSBCGTSV, I had read Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group, which I went into cautiously with two points to make note of. Seeing as it was written by a male, I wanted to make sure the cast of female characters were dynamic and different from one another. Secondly, as horror written by men often has a habit of using torture porn or the violent graphic abuse of women for shock value- I wanted none of it. TFGSG was in my opinion- a very enjoyable book that passed those criterea. That is part of what makes this novel so violently dissapointing. This book felt like it was slowly strangling the life out of me for the first 250 pages, and then some. It is simply torturous to read, and I hate myself for putting my mind and body through the excruitatingly dry, flavourless, read. This book moves slow, and it will bore you into putting it down before you even get to the vampire promised in the title. I had to constantly pause while reading and correct myself on the era in which this book is set, the 1990s- because it reads like it is from the 50s and I was giving myself whiplash. If the misogyny was meant to be satirical- I guess that is your truth and you may say so. But It was quite frankly, more than enough sexism for satire. You don't need to overwhelm your readers and forcefully drown them in it to make a point. Any intended humour is subsequently drowned as well, so congratulations! If the pacing wasn't enough to absolutely beat this novel to death you've certainly buried it six feet under with that. Perhaps I'd be okay with the husbands treating their wives like fresh hot poo poo if any of these women were at all interesting. They are at best, cookie cutter housewives that are all the same, they have absolutely no life and I easily forgot most of them whenever they weren't on the page and did not care if they died. I do however care, that Hendrix decided the best way to spice up the horror was to add not one, not two, but THREE scenes in which three different women are sexually assaulted. One of these women is a teenager. In addition to this- any POC in this book are very vaguely identified, have almost no dialogue or importance as they're mainly caretakers or waitstaff, and are not given names. I hated this book so viscerally, I hated the way it’s made me feel, and I hate that I will never be able to undo the act of reading it. This is all in all, A horrible piece of writing and I almost want to lock it in my attic so I don't have to expose another human being to this story which disgusted, disturbed, and ironically made me want to tear my skin off and put my head through the wall in boredem. Thank you for your time and I hope you never have to waste yours on this book.
Also, The MC is named Patricia and that makes her immediately read like a Karen.
Also, The MC is named Patricia and that makes her immediately read like a Karen.