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menfrommarrs's review
5.0
The introduction by Ray Garton was worth everything in this book. I haven't laughed out loud like this in a while! Steven Roy Grimsley's narration is also memorable; a great voice.
Curious about the comments about the illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, I also looked at the Kindle edition, and viewed the drawings at the end of each chapter and read the interview with the artist.
So much packed into an 152 page story.
Curious about the comments about the illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, I also looked at the Kindle edition, and viewed the drawings at the end of each chapter and read the interview with the artist.
So much packed into an 152 page story.
charshorrorcorner's review
4.0
4.5 stars!
5 friends meet up to visit the cabin in the woods they built together when they were teenagers. This brings me to the fantastic introduction to this book, written by Ray Garton. Like he says, any horror fan knows you just don't go to cabins in the woods. Quote:
"If you're a horror fan, you know what's out there. There are families of inbred cannibals, practitioners of unspeakable religious rites, extraterrestrials possibly disoriented by a rough touchdown, drug-crazed psycho-killers and Bigfoot to name only a few things."
Despite all the facts that Mr. Garton laid out in his intro., the guys meet up and are very excited to be together again and they're psyched that there is also a meteor shower predicted for this very night. Unfortunately, this wasn't the usual sky art. These meteors are illuminated by a strange blue light and they continue coming down to strike the earth. What happens after that came as a surprise to me and I thought it was awesome.
I need to briefly mention the very cool illustrations throughout this novella. Sketched by Glenn Chadbourne, they added a lot to the story. His work is phenomenal.
This was a quick novella (only about 100 pages), that I read within an hour. I thought it was imaginative, creative and fast paced. I didn't think a story with this particular premise could work for me, but I was wrong, this one did. Recommended to fans of tales of this type, and fans of horror in general.
5 friends meet up to visit the cabin in the woods they built together when they were teenagers. This brings me to the fantastic introduction to this book, written by Ray Garton. Like he says, any horror fan knows you just don't go to cabins in the woods. Quote:
"If you're a horror fan, you know what's out there. There are families of inbred cannibals, practitioners of unspeakable religious rites, extraterrestrials possibly disoriented by a rough touchdown, drug-crazed psycho-killers and Bigfoot to name only a few things."
Despite all the facts that Mr. Garton laid out in his intro., the guys meet up and are very excited to be together again and they're psyched that there is also a meteor shower predicted for this very night. Unfortunately, this wasn't the usual sky art. These meteors are illuminated by a strange blue light and they continue coming down to strike the earth. What happens after that came as a surprise to me and I thought it was awesome.
I need to briefly mention the very cool illustrations throughout this novella. Sketched by Glenn Chadbourne, they added a lot to the story. His work is phenomenal.
This was a quick novella (only about 100 pages), that I read within an hour. I thought it was imaginative, creative and fast paced. I didn't think a story with this particular premise could work for me, but I was wrong, this one did. Recommended to fans of tales of this type, and fans of horror in general.
mikekaz's review
4.0
It's amazing sometimes how much difference a well-written book can make to one's desire to read. Of the last ten books or so that I read one of them was great, two were good, one I'm still not sure how to rank it and the others were mediocre at best. They haven't really sparked a huge interest in me to pick up the next book. By comparison, within the first few pages I was pulled into BLUE NOVEMBER STORMS and enjoying it.
Five friends who were best of friends during high school have a secret that they have been keeping for years. A secret so powerful that one of the friends had to leave town to accept it and move on with his life. Now it is years later and the friend is returning to town to get closure in his life. What should be an emotional reunion instead becomes a fight for survival.
As I mentioned at the start, I immediately enjoyed reading this book. Not that I was pulled immediately into the story but I instantly had that comfortable feeling that emanates from a good book. That feeling of enjoyment and knowledge that this was going to be a good book. The secret that was being kept was not as big of a surprise as I expected but it didn't matter. By the time I found out, we were deep into the story and it didn't matter. About the only thing I wish was different was the names of the five main characters: Steve, Adam, Harry, Joe, and Matt. Reading this while the George Floyd protests are still fresh, the names comes across very much as white-bread . Granted with my name being Mike, I'm not one to talk but still. Give me something to help differentiate the characters a little bit. Other than that, I was very happy to read this story.
Five friends who were best of friends during high school have a secret that they have been keeping for years. A secret so powerful that one of the friends had to leave town to accept it and move on with his life. Now it is years later and the friend is returning to town to get closure in his life. What should be an emotional reunion instead becomes a fight for survival.
As I mentioned at the start, I immediately enjoyed reading this book. Not that I was pulled immediately into the story but I instantly had that comfortable feeling that emanates from a good book. That feeling of enjoyment and knowledge that this was going to be a good book. The secret that was being kept was not as big of a surprise as I expected but it didn't matter. By the time I found out, we were deep into the story and it didn't matter. About the only thing I wish was different was the names of the five main characters: Steve, Adam, Harry, Joe, and Matt. Reading this while the George Floyd protests are still fresh, the names comes across very much as white-bread . Granted with my name being Mike, I'm not one to talk but still. Give me something to help differentiate the characters a little bit. Other than that, I was very happy to read this story.
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