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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
I don’t scare easily at all, but this was legitimately terrifying. Probably one of my favourite horror novels ever.
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mysterious
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challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
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Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had put this one to the back of my Nevill pile for a while with it possibly being his largest book. I had heard a good number of people say they choose it as their favourite of his books and so it did have a level of expectation built up around it, also given that I have been very impressed by his previous books I have read so far.
I style of this story is more mainstream and easier to read, more modern and similar to work of say Koontz or King whereas some of the other books from Nevill have a much older prose style, more like Machen, Lovecraft and others from a century back or more. So this one is easier to read but a much longer story to get through.
As ever we are given a handful of characters and a lead who seem very believable-desperate, regular, caught or lured into some chilling journey. Following the low-budget film production of Kyle from country to country, it has a very Blair Witch vibe. This book actually does not have too much horrific terror imagery after the start until near the very end, with only a few moments which do still make the reader shift uneasily as they turn the pages. So much of what we read is about the mysterious cult Kyle is making the documentary about and how the followers have die or disappeared over the decades and more.
This may not be the most gothic or intense book from Nevill, but it is still a solid entertaining and satisfying tale.
I style of this story is more mainstream and easier to read, more modern and similar to work of say Koontz or King whereas some of the other books from Nevill have a much older prose style, more like Machen, Lovecraft and others from a century back or more. So this one is easier to read but a much longer story to get through.
As ever we are given a handful of characters and a lead who seem very believable-desperate, regular, caught or lured into some chilling journey. Following the low-budget film production of Kyle from country to country, it has a very Blair Witch vibe. This book actually does not have too much horrific terror imagery after the start until near the very end, with only a few moments which do still make the reader shift uneasily as they turn the pages. So much of what we read is about the mysterious cult Kyle is making the documentary about and how the followers have die or disappeared over the decades and more.
This may not be the most gothic or intense book from Nevill, but it is still a solid entertaining and satisfying tale.
Wow. Adam Nevill - when he's scary, he's terrifying. The scale of his work is so gigantic that it took me weeks to get through the first 200 pages, and then I shot through the next 300 in a few hours. That said, this story will be very familiar if you've already visited his new book [b:The Reddening|45718831|The Reddening|Adam Nevill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566913256l/45718831._SY75_.jpg|70497929] - or his new book will be very familiar if you've already read this one. In a nutshell, it's a very scary cult story about a very scary cult.
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The first 25% of this book had me seriously spooked but the rest of the book read more as an action book than horror. I really like the author's really descriptive writing style. Took me 2 days to read which I suppose is a good sign, couldn't really put it down. Had to know how it ended.