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Dead Eleven

Jimmy Juliano

3.7 AVERAGE


Obviously being born in ‘88 and most of my childhood being in the 90s, I was drawn to this book from the cover alone.

The story itself is super creepy. The characters are fairly fleshed out. I loved the text messages, interviews, letters and articles. I thought it was a clever way to move the story along without boring dialogue. A few minor points in the story were either not fully explained or just didn’t add to the story but they were easy to overlook.

Overall, definitely worth the read and kept me interested the whole time.
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5 stars rounded up. This was pretty ridiculous and out there enough that I couldn’t help loving it, even though I’m not entirely positive it’s a great novel
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: No

nothing much going on tbh! a promising plot falling flat due to lacklustre characters and extremely slow storytelling.
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Déjà vu? More like Déjà-woo this one got me a couple times! “Dead Eleven” is essentially what would happen if “Groundhog Day,” “The Village,” and “Cabin in the Woods” had a threesome and then nine months later they all just decided to share custody and no one asks any questions. You will hear no complaints from me on the epistolary-esque writing technique: I love narrative embellishment! It’s a fun and creative way to drive a story forward! It’s not fucking Proust LIVE A LITTLE. Anyways, pick this up if you like corny horror flicks, you’ll have a blast.

Definitely felt a bit “no-sleepy” at times but Juliano cultivated a bit more depth by the end of the novel. However, there was a lot of information jammed into an entirely too long book. It makes it feel repetitive/redundant even if it wasn’t. I think if readers were given more detail of the legend and lore, instead of being told “there’s totally legend and lore,” the ending would have been more satisfying.

3.5/5 If I had to re-live the same day of my life over and over again in some kind of Twilight Zone hell, I’d want it to be something very pleasant like my first kiss or like the time I had the best Korean BBQ for lunch or driving with the top off the Jeep or watching a Charlize Theron movie marathon. Something like that and not…the OJ thing.

Super unique premise which drew me in, not very scary more kinda spooky but it was very fun