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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was intriguing and Jack's character was extremely well created and well written. However, I was holding out for it to be realistic rather than actually supernatural, so I was disappointed with how it all turned out. Which is entirely personal preference, I guess. Do not let that put you off- it's worth a delve!
4.5 stars. Jack Sparks is a walking synonym for obnoxiously self-obsessed, irritating, callous, arrogant and narcissistic. He's also completely compelling as he narrates his efforts to find material for his latest and third book. Jack is a celebrity who claims to be a journalist, and uses his social media presence to locate subjects for his book, in which he will disprove the supernatural, while constantly posting the latest developments of his "research".
Jack Sparks decides to disprove the supernatural, and while watching an exorcism, things slowly begin going off the rails. Strange, odd and somewhat menacing and deadly things happen after, including a creepy video that's appears on Jack's YouTube account, and take Jack around the world as he attempts to debunk . He meets a variety of people, among them a fascinating woman Sherilyn Chastain, a combat magician (how cool is that job title?), and a group in L.A. attempting to run a psychic experiment.
Jack Sparks is awful, and lies frequently, and is definitely an unreliable narrator. Interestingly, his brother Alastair provides an opening, several footnotes and an afterward for Jack's book. It's clear the brothers had a difficult relationship, but I also found myself wondering what was Alastair not telling us. The author gives us both sides of a childhood incident that precipitated the years of problems between the brothers, but I found myself suspicious of both men's versions, including their feelings about each other as adults.
I loved the layers of story and the way the story was told. There's a pretty constant series of deaths and mild horror, which includes Jack's manners and attitude. And despite Jack's rather monstrous behaviour, I totally enjoyed this book, no doubt aided by the terrific narration on the audio.
Jack Sparks decides to disprove the supernatural, and while watching an exorcism, things slowly begin going off the rails. Strange, odd and somewhat menacing and deadly things happen after, including a creepy video that's appears on Jack's YouTube account, and take Jack around the world as he attempts to debunk . He meets a variety of people, among them a fascinating woman Sherilyn Chastain, a combat magician (how cool is that job title?), and a group in L.A. attempting to run a psychic experiment.
Jack Sparks is awful, and lies frequently, and is definitely an unreliable narrator. Interestingly, his brother Alastair provides an opening, several footnotes and an afterward for Jack's book. It's clear the brothers had a difficult relationship, but I also found myself wondering what was Alastair not telling us. The author gives us both sides of a childhood incident that precipitated the years of problems between the brothers, but I found myself suspicious of both men's versions, including their feelings about each other as adults.
I loved the layers of story and the way the story was told. There's a pretty constant series of deaths and mild horror, which includes Jack's manners and attitude. And despite Jack's rather monstrous behaviour, I totally enjoyed this book, no doubt aided by the terrific narration on the audio.
this was a RIDE. it's crazy and wonderful and I couldn't put it down- seriously i'd sneak it out during work to read a page or two when i had the chance. It's like the Exorcist, and The Haunting of Hill House and Poltergeist had a big ol' love-fest and made a demon baby you could read. Jack is a wonderfully repellant character, you love to hate him. This book cannot be adequately explained, it needs to be read
Thought I should have like this more. Quick read, although, unlike those who contributed cover blurbs, I had no problem putting it down. Maybe the "horrors" of exorcism and murderous ghosts just don't hold much sway in the world's current state.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
WORST main character literally ever and a struggle of a book to get through
What a hilariously creepy book! Jack is one of those characters that you love to hate. His stereotypical egocentric millennialism is fantastic. The audio narrator is wonderful, especially with Becks and the Me-me characters. Loved it!
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
That was a fun horror read.
A book about someone who died while writing THIS book? Yes please. Sprinkled with interviews and mails that give a bit different perspective 🤣
Many horror books take it a bit too serious to be scrazy/ spooky. And then we have this one 😂
Really liked what the author did here
A book about someone who died while writing THIS book? Yes please. Sprinkled with interviews and mails that give a bit different perspective 🤣
Many horror books take it a bit too serious to be scrazy/ spooky. And then we have this one 😂
Really liked what the author did here