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Reincursion by Ryan Harding, Jason Taverner

bmacenlightened's review

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5.0

I think I could read a hundred of these books. The central premise is so ripe for storytelling and allows for a collision course between many different people with different values and personalities and history. And once you're enjoying that, the horror starts and doesn't let up. The tension is palpable and the action frenetic.

giant_bookstacks's review

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4.0

I went into this book completely blind and once I finished it I found out it was a sequal, probably would have been a good idea to read the first one before this, however as a stand along book this is still awesome.

An undead killer known as Agent Orange stalks an area that the government has build a wall around known as the killzone. People return to the KZ for a multitude of reasons and in this book we get thrillseakers, people looking for the magical healing place and people returning after they were evacuated many years before. All manner of people are guided by prowlers, people who specialise in taking groups of people to visit the kill zone all the while hoping they don't meet Agent Orange whilst in there. The three different parties all unfortunately meet Agent Orange and it becomes a case of helping each other to survive.

This book packs a lot of characters into the story and I felt a bit lost trying to remember them all but that's because I suck with names. But one thing the authors have done masterfully is carve out a distinct personality for each person which helped me to identify them. The world building is awesome and even without the first book I was fully immersed within a few chapters.

I have to point out one thing and that is if you don't like gore in your books this should be avoided. I love gore and horror so it was right up my street and it felt like every other page had some insanely inventive death scene that would make Eli Roth jealous he didn't think of it first. I loved the book and when it finished I wanted more. Well now I know this is the second book and there will be a third book on the way I'm super stoked.

If your are a horror and gore fiend then do your selves a favour and grab this. Super solid 4/5

ninag98's review

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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This truly read like an action-packed slasher movie and I loved how the authors constructed elaborate lore around the killer, aka Agent Orange, and established from the get-go that, just as in the movies, he was almost unkillable. His haunting ground, aka the Kill Zone, and how it came to be is one of the most interesting backstories I’ve encountered so far and I’d love to read a novel dedicated solely to his first slayings. The meta imagery goes a step further and adds a very nice touch: inside the novel’s universe the characters mention several times a slasher movie franchise that’s based on Agent Orange’s killings.

The book's pace picks up once they all get inside the Kill Zone and the tension doesn’t let up until the very last page. Considering that the novel is over 300 pages, that is a huge feat by the authors, they manage to keep the narrative dynamic and interesting without ever letting up on the tension. The characters were also constructed well and have distinct personalities and voices, which is another difficult task when there are nine different main POVs and follows 13 people. They also have complex backstories that provide the reader with a window to each person’s motives to risk their lives by entering the Kill Zone. Because of that, I was able to connect with them and root for their survival and made the deaths even harder to read. Oh, how I would pay good money to see this book adapted into a slasher movie and be able to undergo even more anxiety and repulsion at the hands of Agent Orange.

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