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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
You guys just don’t get it bc cosmic survivalist horror is my thing and i understand that
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
the gore genuinely had me setting my breakfast down, but it was more the ending’s fault that left me unfulfilled.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I suck at tying knots and I have a fear of heights, so naturally rock climbing - which combines both those things - is one of my least favorite activities. I do enjoy horror novels however, and seeing a bunch of characters doing something I hate and getting punished for it piqued my interest in a sick sort of way.
The first chapter is kind of a grim after-the-fact postmortem, so we know not to expect any victories from the very beginning. I'm still on the fence about whether or not I respect the book setting the expectation up front, or if I would've preferred the illusion of someone making it out of this story alive, only to have my hopes dashed one by one. If nothing else we get an intriguing narrative question in literally the first sentence the serves to pull the reader in.
I wanna say this was a "wrong place, wrong time" story, but really when the setting itself has such a presence in the events that occur it'd be more accurate to say, "wrong place, and there's never a good time to come here". There's such a sinister, evil energy underlining every scene that even though I feel like I've read about campers lost in the woods before, this still managed to feel unique.
It felt like the characters went a little off the deep end too soon for my tastes, and the central gimmick of a professional rock climber protagonist - while it did come up at times - was underutilized. And I felt that the eerie and confusing elements were effective enough at wearing these characters down that we didn't need all of the extraneous blatantly supernatural scare tactics. Parts of this definitely felt like a campy and tropey 80's slasher flick, but I could've easily seen it going a different, more subtle direction.
At the very least, I learned about a real-world climbing equipment company called 'Petzl', and a... very drawn out and graphic death scene that spanned six pages...
The first chapter is kind of a grim after-the-fact postmortem, so we know not to expect any victories from the very beginning. I'm still on the fence about whether or not I respect the book setting the expectation up front, or if I would've preferred the illusion of someone making it out of this story alive, only to have my hopes dashed one by one. If nothing else we get an intriguing narrative question in literally the first sentence the serves to pull the reader in.
I wanna say this was a "wrong place, wrong time" story, but really when the setting itself has such a presence in the events that occur it'd be more accurate to say, "wrong place, and there's never a good time to come here". There's such a sinister, evil energy underlining every scene that even though I feel like I've read about campers lost in the woods before, this still managed to feel unique.
It felt like the characters went a little off the deep end too soon for my tastes, and the central gimmick of a professional rock climber protagonist - while it did come up at times - was underutilized. And I felt that the eerie and confusing elements were effective enough at wearing these characters down that we didn't need all of the extraneous blatantly supernatural scare tactics. Parts of this definitely felt like a campy and tropey 80's slasher flick, but I could've easily seen it going a different, more subtle direction.
At the very least, I learned about a real-world climbing equipment company called 'Petzl', and a... very drawn out and graphic death scene that spanned six pages...
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I know this is my first finished read of the year (the other being a DNF), but I think it'll end up being one of the stand outs at the end of the year.
This was the perfect wildness horror story, along the lines of The Ruins, The Troop, The Ritual, or even the movie As Above So Below. Or perfect for someone interested in the mysteries of The Dyatlov Pass.
The fear of the unknown was prevalent throughout--I was hooked from the first few pages. A thrilling and an absolutely gruesome, bloody ride that I didn't want to put down!!
This was the perfect wildness horror story, along the lines of The Ruins, The Troop, The Ritual, or even the movie As Above So Below. Or perfect for someone interested in the mysteries of The Dyatlov Pass.
The fear of the unknown was prevalent throughout--I was hooked from the first few pages. A thrilling and an absolutely gruesome, bloody ride that I didn't want to put down!!