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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Nana is seriously original. A beautifully dark rush of a novella. Perfectly pitched, brutal and viscerally entertaining.
Nana’s can be full of wisdom and knowledge, but Nana’s can also be deadly.
Having read so many horror novella’s, the content can be completely hit or miss for me, it usually doesn’t take long to work out if a story is going to work for me. Mark Towse made that decision easier, the first paragraph, hell, the first sentence reeled me in, like a hook in a fish. The seatbelt was engaged, and I was ready for the G-Force to strip my bones dry!
A sense of dread, all encompassing tension made sure that the pages flew by along with the minutes. The characters were introduced, and I had red flags appear clouding my vision, all I could see was red, so would I pay attention or would I say screw it and continue anyway. Red flags be damned, I was a bull, and I was going headfirst!
Mark Towse leads us up an unsuspecting garden path – a beautifully painted front door, window flower boxes with fragrant roses. Little do you know that behind that perfumed scent is the indistinguishable stench of rotting flesh and putrid ooze. It drips from your Nana, her friends and all the old people who live down an unsuspecting street. Mark Towse knows them, is on a first name basis with them, soon you will be too. The real question is though, will you get on Nana Ivy’s goat too?
Olly is preparing to go and visit his Nana Ivy. He is dreading it, to put it mildly. She stinks, she hates modern technology and isn’t a fan of his mum. I mean he isn’t much of a fan of his mum either at the moment. Olly found evidence of his mum cheating on his dad, and he is fuming. He longs for the closeness that he once shared with her – those Saturday afternoon’s spend baking. Now they spend more time avoiding each other. But visiting his Nana should sort everything, or so his dad tells him.
Newhaven Crescent houses a community of old age pensioners that appear to look out for one another. They know everyone’s names, their hobbies, their inside leg measurement. But underneath the friendly surface lies something altogether more sinister. Why is the missing persons connected to the community rising?
Nana’s can be full of wisdom and knowledge, but Nana’s can also be deadly.
Having read so many horror novella’s, the content can be completely hit or miss for me, it usually doesn’t take long to work out if a story is going to work for me. Mark Towse made that decision easier, the first paragraph, hell, the first sentence reeled me in, like a hook in a fish. The seatbelt was engaged, and I was ready for the G-Force to strip my bones dry!
A sense of dread, all encompassing tension made sure that the pages flew by along with the minutes. The characters were introduced, and I had red flags appear clouding my vision, all I could see was red, so would I pay attention or would I say screw it and continue anyway. Red flags be damned, I was a bull, and I was going headfirst!
Mark Towse leads us up an unsuspecting garden path – a beautifully painted front door, window flower boxes with fragrant roses. Little do you know that behind that perfumed scent is the indistinguishable stench of rotting flesh and putrid ooze. It drips from your Nana, her friends and all the old people who live down an unsuspecting street. Mark Towse knows them, is on a first name basis with them, soon you will be too. The real question is though, will you get on Nana Ivy’s goat too?
Olly is preparing to go and visit his Nana Ivy. He is dreading it, to put it mildly. She stinks, she hates modern technology and isn’t a fan of his mum. I mean he isn’t much of a fan of his mum either at the moment. Olly found evidence of his mum cheating on his dad, and he is fuming. He longs for the closeness that he once shared with her – those Saturday afternoon’s spend baking. Now they spend more time avoiding each other. But visiting his Nana should sort everything, or so his dad tells him.
Newhaven Crescent houses a community of old age pensioners that appear to look out for one another. They know everyone’s names, their hobbies, their inside leg measurement. But underneath the friendly surface lies something altogether more sinister. Why is the missing persons connected to the community rising?
dark
tense
fast-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
Disgustingly gripping from beginning to end! Towse is quickly becoming one of my new favourite authors!
dark
Another WTF did I just read book.
Ollys parents are having some marriage troubles, so poor Olly gets sent to stay with his Nana for the evening. Nana is old, smells, and is weird, and so are her friends.
At the start of the book, we meet Nana and her friends. This is where I got lost in the book as too many characters were introduced with no real reason or storytelling involved.
The book felt disjointed at times, and I felt I had missed parts when the characters appeared to skip to different areas, i.e., Olly was watching TV, and then the next scene he was in a community hall.
Then the horror is introduced, and the story takes a weird twist, which just gets stranger and stranger until the very anti climatic ending.
There is a lot of descriptive grossness around bodily fluids, weeping sores and flaps of skin, and the descriptions make growing old sound a lot of fun!
For such a short book at times, this book felt like a drag to read.
Ollys parents are having some marriage troubles, so poor Olly gets sent to stay with his Nana for the evening. Nana is old, smells, and is weird, and so are her friends.
At the start of the book, we meet Nana and her friends. This is where I got lost in the book as too many characters were introduced with no real reason or storytelling involved.
The book felt disjointed at times, and I felt I had missed parts when the characters appeared to skip to different areas, i.e., Olly was watching TV, and then the next scene he was in a community hall.
Then the horror is introduced, and the story takes a weird twist, which just gets stranger and stranger until the very anti climatic ending.
There is a lot of descriptive grossness around bodily fluids, weeping sores and flaps of skin, and the descriptions make growing old sound a lot of fun!
For such a short book at times, this book felt like a drag to read.
I honestly love every book ive read of Mark Towse and this one did not disappoint! I lost count of how many times i laughed while shaking my head in disgust. Its was such a fun quick read and you gotta love Nana!
With a prequel coming out it’s definitely the right time to tell you how much I loved Nana!
Mark is truly a brilliant storyteller. I always have a disgustingly good time reading his work! Nana is a short but incredibly effective horror novel, it’s full of the horrifying and exciting imagery that definitely tugs on the nerves. We follow the stories of seniors as they go about their lives- all hiding their own twisted secrets.
I really think Nana is a read for all horror lovers, it’s depraved and disgusting and an absolute delight!!
For some reason, it also has me craving Cherry Pie
Mark is truly a brilliant storyteller. I always have a disgustingly good time reading his work! Nana is a short but incredibly effective horror novel, it’s full of the horrifying and exciting imagery that definitely tugs on the nerves. We follow the stories of seniors as they go about their lives- all hiding their own twisted secrets.
I really think Nana is a read for all horror lovers, it’s depraved and disgusting and an absolute delight!!
For some reason, it also has me craving Cherry Pie
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oof, this one really does the geriatrics dirty…
Granted these specific seniors are kinda demonic…
A gross, and at times, shocking story; it was interesting, but I think I prefer the author’s other books I’ve read.
“Black spots the size of currants cover Judith’s face, making her look a bit like an over-cooked fruit loaf. The smile she pulls causes them to crack, releasing small puffs of black dust in the air.”
Granted these specific seniors are kinda demonic…
A gross, and at times, shocking story; it was interesting, but I think I prefer the author’s other books I’ve read.
“Black spots the size of currants cover Judith’s face, making her look a bit like an over-cooked fruit loaf. The smile she pulls causes them to crack, releasing small puffs of black dust in the air.”
dark
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:
Yes