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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Ryan and Jane are brother and sister. Before their lives get too hectic and it gets harder to keep in touch, they decide with a group of their friends to go to their family cabin in the Colorado Mountains. It is winter and snowing. Ryan, Jane and their friends don’t know what is waiting for them in the woods but they are about to find out.
I have never read anything by this author. However after reading this book, I am going to go back and check out this author’s prior novels. This book sounded intriguing but I did not realize just how much I was going to get into this book until I started reading it.
It was like reading something out of a horror movie. I can just picture it now. There was this movie about these creatures that came out from under the ground and took people. They buried them in holes until their bones got soft so that they could drag them underground. The name of the movie escapes me but this book kind of reminded me of this movie with a little mixture of the Descent movie thrown in for good measure.
The creatures in this book did not really have a name. Although they did not need one to be scary. I actually thought that by them being unidentifiable made them scarier. I will be thinking twice about going in the woods the next time that it snows in the Colorado Mountains as I live in Colorado.
I have never read anything by this author. However after reading this book, I am going to go back and check out this author’s prior novels. This book sounded intriguing but I did not realize just how much I was going to get into this book until I started reading it.
It was like reading something out of a horror movie. I can just picture it now. There was this movie about these creatures that came out from under the ground and took people. They buried them in holes until their bones got soft so that they could drag them underground. The name of the movie escapes me but this book kind of reminded me of this movie with a little mixture of the Descent movie thrown in for good measure.
The creatures in this book did not really have a name. Although they did not need one to be scary. I actually thought that by them being unidentifiable made them scarier. I will be thinking twice about going in the woods the next time that it snows in the Colorado Mountains as I live in Colorado.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence
Minor: Animal death, Vomit
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
No
you can blame jane, sawyer, and their dumb romance
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
No
I am SPEECHLESS. Entirely speechless. This was good, creepy, terrifying and had my adrenaline pumping. I found myself yelling at the characters just I would at a tv or movie screen during a horror/thriller flick. Thoroughly enjoyed!
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
This had the potential to be so great, but fell flat for me. I love a good creature feature and this one was perfect for the recent snowstorms that many of us have been experiencing, but between the plot, or lack-there-of and the characters that I didn’t love, it was a bit blah. However I really did love the dog in this and I really loved the imagery, the creatures and the gore!
I was not a fan of any characters here, none were super likable and lacked common sense badly. The ending was very blah and felt a bit rushed. I think this book needed a bit more plot concerning the creatures and their backstory, and even a bit more about the events after this. They were just there and we have no idea why or anything like that.
I normally do spoiler free reviews, but this one does contain a few
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I really didn’t like these characters and the best part of the book was them all dying one by one 😂 I felt this lacked some plot, like where did the creatures come from? What were they? Why were they there? Apart from the beginning when one character mentioned his father telling them about the creatures and him thinking it was just a scary story we get no backstory. The main characters mention how they have been coming to this cabin for years and years and they never have run into these creatures before?! This book could have been so good, but just sadly wasn’t. The group of friends was dumb, they didn’t bring much food at all for their trip, and they are hiding from monsters but forget to lock the door?! Don’t get me started on the lack of ending and the poor dog 😭😭😭 I really wish this just had a bit more meat to it!
dark
mysterious
tense
First audio book: completed ✅
This was a great cabin in the woods type of horror story that still kept me really engaged. I really started to enjoy the characters and kept thinking I knew what would happen next: but ended up surprised by so much.
A few things that brought down this read for me was 1. It took a LONG time for the main characters to actually deal with the monsters, a majority of the book was their relationship drama and 2. I wish they actually had some connection to April’s attack or closure with her. It felt very odd to leave that open ended for the other characters to wonder what happened to her.
This was a great cabin in the woods type of horror story that still kept me really engaged. I really started to enjoy the characters and kept thinking I knew what would happen next: but ended up surprised by so much.
A few things that brought down this read for me was 1. It took a LONG time for the main characters to actually deal with the monsters, a majority of the book was their relationship drama and 2. I wish they actually had some connection to April’s attack or closure with her. It felt very odd to leave that open ended for the other characters to wonder what happened to her.