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ladydisdain's review
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is a self aware slasher flick that you read. The genre it seeks to dissect and critique has become this exact parody in the years since publication- Stephen Graham Jones couldnt have known he was just writing an actual movie (or Ryan Murphy limited series) 9 years too early. I sat down and read the whole thing in about as much time as it would take to watch the movie. I gasped out loud three times- and good on Jones for managing jump scares in a book. This is a popcorn horror book with a promise of what came after- I think if I'd read it in 2012, it would have felt like a fresh 5 star read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence
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