2.96 AVERAGE

honorarywhippet's review

3.5

The real horror is domestic abuse.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark medium-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: N/A
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hay_cutler's review

1.0

Why did I read this. That is all.

Dear god..What the hell did I just read?
(that's a compliment, obviously)
adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I remember watching all the Amityville movies growing up, so I was excited to read this one. I loved all the little details about the house. The descriptions were very vivid, I felt like I could smell some of the scenes. I thought it was interesting to read about Sombrack's previous filming locations. 
I liked Lois and Shauna. I thought Lois was funny. All her little sayings made me laugh. I liked how she never backed down from Shooter and always had something to say back to him. When she spoke during the seance, my eyes got wide, I knew things were about to get crazy. The scenes with Shauna and Shooter were hard to read, but he had his funny moments, too. I think Joey made me the most uncomfortable. 'Buggery' and 'Deeper' made my skin crawl the most. I thought how Joey did his outline for the plot was neat! 
I've only gotten to read 2 out of 3 authors in this one, so I will need to check out the third author. I thought it was fun getting to see the author's writing style shine through, while at the same time, the whole story flowed so well that I almost forgot I was reading multiple authors. I always like when you can find little bits about their previous works in there, too. 
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Just not for me at all! I the only funny thing was all the different terms used for sperm and the insults haha but I wouldn’t recommend it. 
mysterious medium-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: No

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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a mess from jump. I love well done horror comedy novellas, but the problem lies in this one not being well done. The craft was messy, the characters didn't have substance worth clinging to, and there was no.. real humor. Everything felt so forced and exaggerated to attempt to make it funny that things fell flat for me.  I don't have much to say, honestly. I should have DNF'd it but it was 146 pages so by time I hit a 3rd through, it seemed silly to. 

If you do pick it up warning:
theres a lot of mentions of scat and urine that boards on fetishism. Not shaming, just heads upping incase that isnt your thing.

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challenging dark funny medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes