Reviews

Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

againanew's review against another edition

5.0

Honestly, the best horror I've ever read. Beautifully written, with developed characters and no silly ending. Suspense from start to finish. I'd give it more than five stars if I could.

mconard42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

eeriebookworm's review against another edition

5.0

Never has a book totally wrecked me. I felt myself praying along side Peter to give him strength. This book just touched my heart and literally ripped it right out of me. Outstanding!

caesura_19's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

victoriastrong's review against another edition

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? No

3.0

I have to admit, this book took me forever to get through. I was coming off a book high from a previous read, and I have to say, Boys In The Valley did not disappoint. It took me awhile to get through, but I'm fairly certain I would have DNFed any other book.

Philip Fracassi does a wonderful job bringing the setting & atmosphere to life without drowning you in pages of details. The story easily plays out in your head like a movie, which is always enjoyable!

That being said, I do wish we got to know some of the characters better. If a character's past of horrible, violent acts is mentioned, I want to know what he did exactly. Especially in a horror book. 

I still don't feel Boys In The Valley fell short in any way. I'm glad I stuck with it and would definitely recommend.

emster52's review against another edition

dark

4.5

Let me start off by saying, I don’t really read (or like) horror books. 
I was reading this book like: 🫣😱 
There was gore, there was death (lots) and there was a bunch of demonic possessions…and I had some visceral reactions to some of the very descriptive scenes. Yuck! 
It was like I was watching a car crash…I couldn’t look away! I was really rooting for a few of the characters to make it out alive…
And the ending! 😳😭

laura1980458's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

ckshaw13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

steve_walkie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

abigailmariexx's review

3.0

The first half was so good - interesting, creepy, page-turning - but the action packed second half was hard to get through resulting in a ‘meh’ ending.