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gunch's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Very much enjoyed this. Although it felt a but wordy and flowery at parts, overall it was a tight, fast paced little cosmic horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement
bashsbooks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Sour Candy was a fun and eerie short story. I enjoyed the more mundane aspects - in initial interaction at the store, the car accident, the discussion with the detectives - the most. When it edged into more direct eldritch horror, I found that I liked it a little less - the writing style (which is inverted in a way I find hard to describe) is better suited to the mundane.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Suicide
booking_along's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
4.75
That’s what you’re supposed to do with old toys. If they’re broken you get new ones.
This was something!
i really understand why people keep saying this is extremely creepy and utterly strange but compellingly horrific.
i give full props to the author for writing an entire horror story that leaves everything open gives no explanation but makes it work!
he writes all kinds of horror tropes into this but gives them a bit of a spin, enough to makes this different enough to not tell the reader where it going.
for a very simplistic and very short story the author really managed to pack everything you need to write a memorable horror.
also ending this as creepily as it began? Full marks for that!
if you want something quick but unforgettable and just the right amount of horror to be creeped out but enjoy yourself at the same time?
go for it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Confinement, and Death
winterdevil's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
5.0
A horror novella about a man named Phil who comes across a kid throwing a temper tantrum in a Walmart. The kid offers him a piece of sour candy, and he takes it to be polite, and next thing you know that kid is in his house, calling him daddy. His entire past and present have been rewritten so that everything points to him having a kid he KNOWS he doesn't have.
Also, the kid is creepy as hell, and Phil becomes a prisoner in his new life.
I suspected this book would be fire from the beginning, and I'm glad to say it exceeded expectations. It has a creepy child, eldritch beings, body horror (cw if you have a thing about teeth falling out), and such impressive, palpable tension packed into just 107 pages. Definitely will read more from this author.
Also, the kid is creepy as hell, and Phil becomes a prisoner in his new life.
I suspected this book would be fire from the beginning, and I'm glad to say it exceeded expectations. It has a creepy child, eldritch beings, body horror (cw if you have a thing about teeth falling out), and such impressive, palpable tension packed into just 107 pages. Definitely will read more from this author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
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