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Daphne

Josh Malerman

3.41 AVERAGE

tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

“Just because you’re paranoid, don’t mean they’re not after you”. Nirvana-Territorial Pissings
Kip is paranoid and by sinking the winning basket in the game, she may have also got an assist in her own death. Kip is sure of this because she asked the rim before her shot “Will Daphne kill me?” The rim is never wrong. She is convinced that she will die by Daphne’s hand and this is a major source of tension and anxiety in the book. The legend is that once you start thinking about Daphne, you become the focus of the killers attention.
Come on though, the stories can’t be true can they? but every town has its myths and legends. Just like Blackwood Vermont has the legend of Benny Rose, Samhattan Michigan has Daphne, a seven foot tall woman that kills with her bare hands.
Be careful of asking questions you don’t want the answer to, now everyone in town is thinking about Daphne

I have to say as a Malerman fan I'm a lot disappointed with this book. It reminded me a lot of Nightmare on Elm Street with the kids seeing her and parents can't which I liked. But over all I was kinda bored and skimmed a lot and didn't feel a connection to any of the characters or care for their outcome really.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 18%

Adult men need to stop writing teenage girl final girls, so much cringey pros. 
dark mysterious
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF@42%. I just really did not enjoy the stream of consciousness style and couldn’t push through. I also personally have a preference being that I can’t get behind an adult male author writing in the voice of a teen girl. Nothing outwardly weird about his portrayal of Kit, just not my favorite and decided to put it down.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

A coming-of-age horror/slasher book!!! I could nOT put this down, work be damned.