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walkingtalkingeye's review
4.0
Caves are creepy. They're a perfect setting for horror. There's the dark, the unknown. They give me the creeps thinking about going into them.
I get the feeling the author of this book is comfortable in caves because she doesn't really play up on what I find scariest about caves, that being the claustrophobia. I don't remember any tight squeezes or fears of getting stuck in the entire book. In fact the first two thirds of the book are hardly horror at all, more of a thriller style adventure. I enjoyed it but I kept wondering if I'd gotten something different than what I was expecting.
Then the last third of the book it gets into the horror. I don't want to spoil too much about it but it was unsettling. Good stuff.
The book reminded me a lot of the movie the Descent, and of Laurel Hightowers Below. So if you like that movie or book try this one.
I get the feeling the author of this book is comfortable in caves because she doesn't really play up on what I find scariest about caves, that being the claustrophobia. I don't remember any tight squeezes or fears of getting stuck in the entire book. In fact the first two thirds of the book are hardly horror at all, more of a thriller style adventure. I enjoyed it but I kept wondering if I'd gotten something different than what I was expecting.
Then the last third of the book it gets into the horror. I don't want to spoil too much about it but it was unsettling. Good stuff.
The book reminded me a lot of the movie the Descent, and of Laurel Hightowers Below. So if you like that movie or book try this one.
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