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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I overestimated how fun it might be to read an entire book written in interview style. Or at least, a horror/thriller book. It took all the suspense out of it, honestly. It didn't help that the plot was pretty predictable, but it got muddled at around 60% before it decided to just softly kill itself at the end.
Great concept, mid execution.
Great concept, mid execution.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
(4.0 Stars)
Thank you to #NetGalley for making this story available for reading and review.
This was a good story. The narration was really good, and the pace was excellent. There was great character development, and the plot was very interesting.
It was "told" in a style of interviews and what felt like journal entries. This author can write, and really keeps you engaged.
The weird thing about this author is that all his stories have some odd religious element that is crucial to the plot. It isn't overly preachy, but it is always a big part of the story, and this book is no different.
Thank you to #NetGalley for making this story available for reading and review.
This was a good story. The narration was really good, and the pace was excellent. There was great character development, and the plot was very interesting.
It was "told" in a style of interviews and what felt like journal entries. This author can write, and really keeps you engaged.
The weird thing about this author is that all his stories have some odd religious element that is crucial to the plot. It isn't overly preachy, but it is always a big part of the story, and this book is no different.
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:
Complicated
I have been wanting to check out this author for a while. Author of Episode Thirteen and How to make a Horror MOvie and Survive, My Ex, the Antichrist is told mostly in inteverview format. As an audiobook it worked very well and kept me interested and entertained the entire time. With a full cast everytime, you could call it duet style as everytime you get to that character part that narrator takes over. With singing, just a very minuscule amount in the beginning, and even the producers putting an effect in such as the sound of a mic being pushed away when someone saying “this interview is over”. I really thought the audio was very well done.
Now the story. Lily and Drake formed a punk band. They end up breaking up and Drake forms another and Lily is informed that her ex is the Antichrist. Now this is told in interview format like a documentary on what happened. This format just works for me. I loved all the other books that have been similar to this and I really enjoyed this one too. I really think the audio made it shine even more. Now I am going back to the other two books I mentioned in the beginning as I own them and read those as well!
Thank you to Hachette Audio for the complimentary listener copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own!
Now the story. Lily and Drake formed a punk band. They end up breaking up and Drake forms another and Lily is informed that her ex is the Antichrist. Now this is told in interview format like a documentary on what happened. This format just works for me. I loved all the other books that have been similar to this and I really enjoyed this one too. I really think the audio made it shine even more. Now I am going back to the other two books I mentioned in the beginning as I own them and read those as well!
Thank you to Hachette Audio for the complimentary listener copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own!
I got an Advanced Reader's Copy of this through NetGalley.
I made it about 1/4 of the way through the audiobook and was unable to continue. The interview style of the narrators made this book too much like a documentary. When done correctly this can make for an immersive read, but this book came off disjointed and hard to follow. This made it hard to care about any of the characters or the plotline of the story. Maybe it would work better in print rather than audiobook.
I made it about 1/4 of the way through the audiobook and was unable to continue. The interview style of the narrators made this book too much like a documentary. When done correctly this can make for an immersive read, but this book came off disjointed and hard to follow. This made it hard to care about any of the characters or the plotline of the story. Maybe it would work better in print rather than audiobook.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-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
What an absolute nostalgic thrill ride! Beware all who don’t like pop culture references, you probably won’t like this one. However, if you were part of the pop-punk, punk or rock scene in the late 90’s and early 2000’s this could be written for you.
It’s written in a mockumentary format centering on FMC Lily Lawless years after she confesses to a murder, the FMC, her bandmates, and various characters who interacted with the band during their tumultuous rise to fame. The twist: the man who helped bring the band together, and Lily’s ex boyfriend, is the literal antichrist. I went into this with the expectation of a goofy horror centering around the ex-girlfriend of a typical archetype of the toxic male lead-guitarist that just so happens to be the antichrist. And while it was certainly all of that, there was so much more to the story and characters.
I found myself caring so much for the characters and their growth as they told their sides of the story. Lily’s character was complicated and such a good representation of morally grey without making you hate her.
As for the plot, it was intriguing from start to finish with smatterings of absolute chaos, and I loved it. There were some moments that dragged a little, but by the end I completely understand why they were essential to the overall story. The only thing that irked me is the overwhelming theme of Christianity being a sanctuary. It felt a little disjointed with the story as a whole and felt slightly forced. I chose to overlook it as it didn’t seem like the author was trying to convert readers, just provide a source of hope in the opposite of the antichrist. Overall I had a lot of fun reading this one and highly recommend this to anyone looking to add a little chaotic nostalgia in their lives.
Thank you NetGalley and Orbit for the opportunity to read this book early in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thanks to Netgalley for a chance to read this early for an honest review.
I don’t like horror, (and will never pick it as a genre of TV show or movie to watch), but I do like Craig DiLouie, so maybe he should be marketed as horror stories for fans that aren’t into the hardcore horror? Either way, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive was one of my favorite reads last year and I was excited to see he was releasing this new story this year.
The way he’s been formatting his stories is different than the normal narrative structure. In this case, it’s written as a documentary with interviews of the various characters as they work together to tell the story.
I also appreciate that his characters have an emotional depth to them so they’re more than the circumstances they’re dealing with. They could have slipped into two dimensional stereotypes of band members, easily forgotten, but I was really rooting for them all to make it.
I don’t like horror, (and will never pick it as a genre of TV show or movie to watch), but I do like Craig DiLouie, so maybe he should be marketed as horror stories for fans that aren’t into the hardcore horror? Either way, How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive was one of my favorite reads last year and I was excited to see he was releasing this new story this year.
The way he’s been formatting his stories is different than the normal narrative structure. In this case, it’s written as a documentary with interviews of the various characters as they work together to tell the story.
I also appreciate that his characters have an emotional depth to them so they’re more than the circumstances they’re dealing with. They could have slipped into two dimensional stereotypes of band members, easily forgotten, but I was really rooting for them all to make it.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes