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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
This book is unlike any other I've read, and I'm not talking like AN UNEXPECTED PLOT TWIST with totally predictable structure. Nah. This is weeeeeirdy weirdo, but so damn cool. I feel like every time I re read this, I'll have a totally different experience and perception. I don't think I can give it 5 stars because I'm not quite sure I figured out the author's intention with a good deal of the symbolism but lordy that was great.
dark
reflective
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Re-read this one with a fever of 103 and phew it’s still one troubling and hallucinogenic little trip.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
This was something else. The desperation in the story is was got me. It was extremely chaotic and overwhelming at times.
Told entirely in dialogue, a woman is in a hospital bed, disoriented. A boy who is not her son asks her to explain how she got there. She does, much to her horror.
I read this in my most recent vlog, check it out here: Reading Books Like My Favorite Book of All Time
I personally think you should go into this book knowing as little as possible (less because of plot twists and more because the lack of information is important), so I'm going to be very vague! This story feels like seeing something out of the corner of your eye, but you can't move your head; like not being able to move the way you're telling your body to in a dream. A woman is recalling something that's already happened as she's remembering it herself through a haze - or fever dream, if you will. This book puts so much slow dread in the reader. This deals a lot with the fears a parent has around their child, trying to protect them from everything, but it's impossible to protect from absolutely everything. There is a larger element of horror here as well (that is a spoiler so I won't say what) that it navigates so well. It's something one doesn't see until too late, and it's a real world concern that more attention should be brought to. I appreciated all the implications that the ending has, and how that adds to the horror. I'm not usually one for novellas because I usually think they're too short, but I think this did exactly what it set out to do and was the right length.
Overall, I think this is a super solid horror that feels disorienting and still delivers a powerful message.
I read this in my most recent vlog, check it out here: Reading Books Like My Favorite Book of All Time
I personally think you should go into this book knowing as little as possible (less because of plot twists and more because the lack of information is important), so I'm going to be very vague! This story feels like seeing something out of the corner of your eye, but you can't move your head; like not being able to move the way you're telling your body to in a dream. A woman is recalling something that's already happened as she's remembering it herself through a haze - or fever dream, if you will. This book puts so much slow dread in the reader. This deals a lot with the fears a parent has around their child, trying to protect them from everything, but it's impossible to protect from absolutely everything. There is a larger element of horror here as well (that is a spoiler so I won't say what) that it navigates so well. It's something one doesn't see until too late, and it's a real world concern that more attention should be brought to. I appreciated all the implications that the ending has, and how that adds to the horror. I'm not usually one for novellas because I usually think they're too short, but I think this did exactly what it set out to do and was the right length.
Overall, I think this is a super solid horror that feels disorienting and still delivers a powerful message.
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
4 Stars... I think
I have no idea what I read, outside of a fevered ramblings of a woman named Amanda.
that is not important right now
See, something is happening in this unnamed and non-descript town. A sickness that has nothing to do with what is in the water. I think there is either something really sinister going on; or Amanda is completely off her rocker.
that is not the important part
Either there is some type of scientific (i doubt it) experimentation going on with the children of this town, thereby eliminating the mothers, OR, again, Amanda is nuts.
See, that is not the important part and I don't know if we ever found out.
Edit 1/3/21: It's like walking in on someone mid-conversation. You step back in the shadows and listen. It's intriguing, but you're confused as hell; but it's too juicy to just walk away.
Best way I can explain it.
I have no idea what I read, outside of a fevered ramblings of a woman named Amanda.
that is not important right now
See, something is happening in this unnamed and non-descript town. A sickness that has nothing to do with what is in the water. I think there is either something really sinister going on; or Amanda is completely off her rocker.
that is not the important part
Either there is some type of scientific (i doubt it) experimentation going on with the children of this town, thereby eliminating the mothers, OR, again, Amanda is nuts.
See, that is not the important part and I don't know if we ever found out.
Edit 1/3/21: It's like walking in on someone mid-conversation. You step back in the shadows and listen. It's intriguing, but you're confused as hell; but it's too juicy to just walk away.
Best way I can explain it.