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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
The book was okay. Personally, I didn’t like that it was written in third person pov, but it did work for the book I guess. Another thing I thought the lack of explanation of what was going on in the town or characters was just lazy writing. The most explanation you get is just characters saying it’s part of the weird lore of the town because they don’t even understand. Also, there were parts where it was a bit repetitive when describing things. It was still a decent book, and I’m not too disappointed that I spent time reading it.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I enjoyed this horror novel. An original storyline that slowly fills you with dread. Don’t go out at night. Never be alone. A good story with a satisfying ending. Not perfect, but I enjoyed it.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reminded me a lot of Stranger Things.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
This book was TERRIFYING! I was never sure what horrible thing would happen next; one minute I was sure the killer was human, the next I was convinced it was supernatural. The plot had me spinning with guesses, and I never could’ve imagined the truth.
Red string marks the spots where you’ll find the bodies…
The town of Doubtful has lived in fear for the residents’ lifetimes, never knowing who will be taken next. The streets are full of broken down cars, missing posters, and deserted stores. It’s always a question of did someone leave of their own free will? Often the disappeared return, grotesquely mutilated and disfigured. A group of teens are determined to watch, gather info, and try to keep themselves safe; it all works until the night it doesn’t…
The Stitcher is one of the worst fictional monsters I’ve ever read about. The red string is bizarre and eerie, the things it does to the people it takes… yikes!!!
I really wanted this to be a 5 ⭐️ read, but there were a few threads left unfollowed (lol) that could’ve been clarified by the end and weren’t.
Grab this one asap cause it’ll give you nightmares if that’s what you’re looking for!
Red string marks the spots where you’ll find the bodies…
The town of Doubtful has lived in fear for the residents’ lifetimes, never knowing who will be taken next. The streets are full of broken down cars, missing posters, and deserted stores. It’s always a question of did someone leave of their own free will? Often the disappeared return, grotesquely mutilated and disfigured. A group of teens are determined to watch, gather info, and try to keep themselves safe; it all works until the night it doesn’t…
The Stitcher is one of the worst fictional monsters I’ve ever read about. The red string is bizarre and eerie, the things it does to the people it takes… yikes!!!
I really wanted this to be a 5 ⭐️ read, but there were a few threads left unfollowed (lol) that could’ve been clarified by the end and weren’t.
Grab this one asap cause it’ll give you nightmares if that’s what you’re looking for!
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
This book has a problem and that problem’s name is Charles Vickers. Vickers shows up nearly at the start of the plot, and is immediately pegged by the heroes as the town’s resident serial killer. Solving the core mystery this early is a huge play by the author, and it… didn’t really do much of anything? In fact I think it hurt the book overall. The main mystery is generally how it connects to Vickers and it just… doesn’t connect to Vickers. You could, quite easily, remove him from the story and have little impact. The town knowing he’s the killer never really goes anywhere or impacts anything, and it kills the pacing and momentum, in part, because there is no depth to the character. I kept expecting some big twist about him and there really just isn’t one, and it drags the story out needlessly.
Which is a shame because otherwise my complaints are few and far between (largely some clunky dialogue and and making things too dark too quickly for them to feel really impactful). I love the cast, a nice mix of archetypes and just people you’d want to hang out with (even if I’m annoyed at there being two R starting four letter names among them). Abbey is a pretty standard but likeable protagonist, Rhys is a pretty standard but likeable will they won’t they, Connor is a fun comic relief character, and I want Riya and Jen to kiss already gosh.
While the plot borrows heavily from IT, Stranger Things, and The X-Files… those things are really good? I reiterate my Vickers complaint because, without him soaking up the mystery, (and to a lesser extent without the ‘haunted house historian’ they find) the Stitcher is a great, scary, villain and the town has the set up for a great horror story. Things are just explained a bit too much and there is little room for conjecture (like, why would the victim of a terrible workplace accident go after his brethren and not his bosses?).
But the writing is great and it largely hits all the beats it needs to, it’s just a shame that it never really gets more interesting than it is on the surface.
Which is a shame because otherwise my complaints are few and far between (largely some clunky dialogue and and making things too dark too quickly for them to feel really impactful). I love the cast, a nice mix of archetypes and just people you’d want to hang out with (even if I’m annoyed at there being two R starting four letter names among them). Abbey is a pretty standard but likeable protagonist, Rhys is a pretty standard but likeable will they won’t they, Connor is a fun comic relief character, and I want Riya and Jen to kiss already gosh.
While the plot borrows heavily from IT, Stranger Things, and The X-Files… those things are really good? I reiterate my Vickers complaint because, without him soaking up the mystery, (and to a lesser extent without the ‘haunted house historian’ they find) the Stitcher is a great, scary, villain and the town has the set up for a great horror story. Things are just explained a bit too much and there is little room for conjecture (like, why would the victim of a terrible workplace accident go after his brethren and not his bosses?).
But the writing is great and it largely hits all the beats it needs to, it’s just a shame that it never really gets more interesting than it is on the surface.