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booknerdqueen's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun fast read. Definitely gave me the creeps and I kept watching my floor in case I’d see one of those creepy crawler. Worth the read!
dnemec's review against another edition
5.0
Oh. My. God. Short story telling at it finest. I am beyond creeped out, and fully prepared to sleep with the lights on tonight. Eww.
crator's review
4.0
The next time you feel a tickle of what might be a loose hair tickling your neck, or the slight brush of fabric against your bare skin, you will catch yourself making absolutely sure after reading this novella by Mr. Duke. At the end of the night, you're going to want to make double sure that your skin is the only thing crawling.
deersten's review against another edition
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
shay_1027's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Very creepy crawly!
comfynight's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
hayleycorr's review against another edition
3.0
A couple move into a new apartment building that seems to have a bad bug / roach problem...but not so in their apartment! When you realise why there's no roaches, the reason is so much worse then the roaches ever would be...
Do not read this before bed time if you enjoy sleeping comfortably...or don't read it ever if you don't want bugs with lots of legs to haunt your nightmares.
Do not read this before bed time if you enjoy sleeping comfortably...or don't read it ever if you don't want bugs with lots of legs to haunt your nightmares.
jeanne25's review against another edition
4.0
Rounding up from 3.5 stars. I can take gruesome and gory all day but bugs creep the hell out of me. I had found a couple of small centipedes in my home earlier on the day I read this. And this absolutely gave me nightmares all night long. The story is a fast and entertaining read.
motherhorror's review against another edition
3.0
Well that was fun! Hahahah! Thank you Mr. Duke for the FREE digital copy in exchange for an honest review:
This should be high on your list if you want a quick, well written gross-out tale. For me, it didn't *quite* reach the mark and I think there's a few reasons for that.
I feel like this story is very similar to some campfire stories/urban legends that I'd heard told in a variety of ways but all with the same kind of outcome. A particular urban legend involving a beehive hairdo and a black widow comes to mind.
So I was kind of anticipating the development to see if it would go somewhere *extra* or unexpected but it was pretty much the same tale just told really well by Mike Duke.
Another thing is that bugs/worms don't really *scare* me, they just gross me out. Like I'm reminded of Nick Cutter's The Troop and part of what makes that book so terrifying is the human characters under those circumstances, the worms are just providing the vehicle to move the characters forward in their depravity.
But you know, to each their own. I was dared by my friend Mindi and the author himself to see if I could survive this story and I think I have come out the other side victorious. Mother Horror reigns supreme! You didn't get me this time, Mike Duke but I'd read more!
This should be high on your list if you want a quick, well written gross-out tale. For me, it didn't *quite* reach the mark and I think there's a few reasons for that.
I feel like this story is very similar to some campfire stories/urban legends that I'd heard told in a variety of ways but all with the same kind of outcome. A particular urban legend involving a beehive hairdo and a black widow comes to mind.
So I was kind of anticipating the development to see if it would go somewhere *extra* or unexpected but it was pretty much the same tale just told really well by Mike Duke.
Another thing is that bugs/worms don't really *scare* me, they just gross me out. Like I'm reminded of Nick Cutter's The Troop and part of what makes that book so terrifying is the human characters under those circumstances, the worms are just providing the vehicle to move the characters forward in their depravity.
But you know, to each their own. I was dared by my friend Mindi and the author himself to see if I could survive this story and I think I have come out the other side victorious. Mother Horror reigns supreme! You didn't get me this time, Mike Duke but I'd read more!