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paperwitch's review
4.0
Carnage galore! Not even 20% in and you are already covered in guts, I am talking about gore at its finest! Go read it.
deathbypaperbacks's review
5.0
I rated this one a 4.5 but rounded up to 5. This book had great gore and a fantastic writing style. Tim Meyer successfully moved along different perspectives while also moving through different time lines and never once did the story get confusing! The only reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars originally was because I felt there was a touch too much relationship drama for my taste but otherwise this book was outstanding!!!
dnemec's review against another edition
5.0
In 1991, all the children and counselors of Camp Christopher were brutally slain. No one was ever arrested, although the rumors circulating suggesting inbred cannibals in the wilderness, an errant psycho wandering through the woods, or a camp counselor that snapped. But there is also a defunct chemical plant on the hill above the camp, about which the urban legends are rampant.
25 years later, there are still no answers but the camp still exists in the woods. Naturally, 5 college students with nothing better do decide to go camping in the woods and check it out. Gee, what could go possibly wrong?
This is one of the best horror books I have read in awhile. It reads like an 80s horror movie, but with monsters. Lots of weird monsters. I loved it!
25 years later, there are still no answers but the camp still exists in the woods. Naturally, 5 college students with nothing better do decide to go camping in the woods and check it out. Gee, what could go possibly wrong?
This is one of the best horror books I have read in awhile. It reads like an 80s horror movie, but with monsters. Lots of weird monsters. I loved it!
itcamefromthepage's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book is fast paced with a WILD plot. The characters weren't especially deep but the fast paced plot keep me invested.
schadenfreudian's review
3.0
Rating: 2.5
Well, it's what's advertised on the tin but not much else. Gore? Lots, buckets of it. A love letter to 80s horror? Yeah, with a heaping spoonful of bad B-movie horror. Don't get me wrong, my corny millennial self loves bad horror. I watched many a marathon of straight up trash horror on Scy Fy channel with my dad as a teen.
So why didn't I like the book? Characters were pretty one dimensional and, at times, grating. I could not wait for them to die. Dialogue ...decisions were made for better or worse.
“Duuuuuude, knuckles. Let’s go. Don’t leave me hanging, Bro Pesci.”
and
“She needs someone with experience, mope.” His lips twitched, either by impulse or design. Seth couldn’t tell which. “Plus . . . she’s vulnerable. Vulnerability is a stinky perfume and she’s given me a nose full.”
are two such gems. The time jumps left me feeling taken out of the narrative and caused pacing issues. I felt robbed by the ending.
I've read and enjoyed Tim Meyer's writing in the past. Based on that, I'm not willing to call this a bad book. It's a not-so-great book for me. If you are into gore, movie homages, and some fluffy brain candy of a book, check it out. I feel this was just a misfire for me.
scottneumann's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
johnlynchbooks's review
5.0
Kill Hill Carnage, by Tim Meyer is retro goodness. It’s got the feel of a late 80’s, early 90’s, B horror movie. It feels like a summer camp slasher mixed with some 90’s flair. Meyer wasn’t afraid to go weird with this book, and thanks to that, it largely succeeds.
A group of college friends take an impromptu camping trip up to Kill Hill. Previously the site of a Christian summer camp, Kill Hill was shut down when a mass murder happened on the grounds in the 90’s, and borders an abandoned chemical plant which had no qualms forgoing environmental safety during its operation. While the kids are taking their trip, a hitman named Frank is hired by the corporation that ran the plant to take out a few targets in the area. They all arrive and it doesn’t take long for hell to break loose.
Kill Hill Carnage was exactly what I was looking for. Meyer writes a book that is weird, gory, and campy. The characters are cheesy in the best kind of B movie way. The character development here is mostly done through the dialogue and character interactions, setting up just enough knowledge of them before the blood starts flying. I mentioned earlier that this book is gory, and I just want to reiterate that. Heads fly, bones crack, appendages sever. It’s all here, described with enough detail to clearly visualize what’s going on in the scenes.
The creatures in the book shine. They are brutal, disgusting things that lust for blood and won’t stop until long after it’s spilled. Meyer does an exceptional job detailing what they look like, and it's not pretty. If you’re a visual person, prepare to see these things in your sleep.
The overall story of Kill Hill Carnage was along the lines of what you’d expect from a book of this nature. The kids are given just enough reason to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and the hitman is every bit the scumbag he appears to be. Mix that in with crazy scientists and an evil corporation, and you’ve got a classic B-movie in literary form.
I enjoyed my time with Kill Hill Carnage. Fans of B-Movies, creature features, and weirdness in their horror will find a lot to love here.
4.5/5
A group of college friends take an impromptu camping trip up to Kill Hill. Previously the site of a Christian summer camp, Kill Hill was shut down when a mass murder happened on the grounds in the 90’s, and borders an abandoned chemical plant which had no qualms forgoing environmental safety during its operation. While the kids are taking their trip, a hitman named Frank is hired by the corporation that ran the plant to take out a few targets in the area. They all arrive and it doesn’t take long for hell to break loose.
Kill Hill Carnage was exactly what I was looking for. Meyer writes a book that is weird, gory, and campy. The characters are cheesy in the best kind of B movie way. The character development here is mostly done through the dialogue and character interactions, setting up just enough knowledge of them before the blood starts flying. I mentioned earlier that this book is gory, and I just want to reiterate that. Heads fly, bones crack, appendages sever. It’s all here, described with enough detail to clearly visualize what’s going on in the scenes.
The creatures in the book shine. They are brutal, disgusting things that lust for blood and won’t stop until long after it’s spilled. Meyer does an exceptional job detailing what they look like, and it's not pretty. If you’re a visual person, prepare to see these things in your sleep.
The overall story of Kill Hill Carnage was along the lines of what you’d expect from a book of this nature. The kids are given just enough reason to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and the hitman is every bit the scumbag he appears to be. Mix that in with crazy scientists and an evil corporation, and you’ve got a classic B-movie in literary form.
I enjoyed my time with Kill Hill Carnage. Fans of B-Movies, creature features, and weirdness in their horror will find a lot to love here.
4.5/5
spicykatz's review
2.0
I literally could not stand Seth and I felt like the constant time jumps really took me out of the story
slimeandslashers's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. I have read a slew of camp-themed horror books this year (many of them slashers) for a thematic video I'm doing on my YouTube channel. This one is by far the goriest out of the 10 books I've read for the summer camp book project.
The descriptions of the gore are brutal and extremely detailed, and I also think that the word usage is different and unique in terms of gore depiction. This read contains buckets of blood, and the blood starts flowing on page one!
The pace of the story is pretty quick, and the story is overall very unique with a lot of factors at play. Meyer impressively goes back and forth in time during the story without confusing the reader. Not everyone can do that as effectively as he has done in this book.
This was my first Tim Meyer read, but it definitely won't be my last. I highly recommend this to those who can handle gruesome and disgusting descriptions and who revel in reading stories with gargantuan amounts of blood and guts!
The descriptions of the gore are brutal and extremely detailed, and I also think that the word usage is different and unique in terms of gore depiction. This read contains buckets of blood, and the blood starts flowing on page one!
The pace of the story is pretty quick, and the story is overall very unique with a lot of factors at play. Meyer impressively goes back and forth in time during the story without confusing the reader. Not everyone can do that as effectively as he has done in this book.
This was my first Tim Meyer read, but it definitely won't be my last. I highly recommend this to those who can handle gruesome and disgusting descriptions and who revel in reading stories with gargantuan amounts of blood and guts!