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A review by teaandtales1
Boys In the Valley by Philip Fracassi
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ: Philip Fracassi
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ: The St. Vincent's Orphanage houses 30 boys and is run by a small group of priests. There they live an impoverished and strict life under the constant supervision of Father Poole and his henchman Brother Johnson. An already rough situation is made worse when an injured man is brought to the priests by the local sheriff in the middle of the night. To their horror, the man, covered in occult symbols and making sounds no human should make, unleashes something terrible in the orphanage.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ: 335
๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐: Horror
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐: Absolutely
๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ: no, but considering they're at an orphanage for boys, that makes sense
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐: early 1900s
๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ: โญโญโญโญโญ
This book is absolutely tremendous and one of my favorites of the year. It is written in multiple POVs, giving an intimate glimpse in the life of many of the boys (and a few adults) before the chaos begins. Due to this style, you really grow to love many of the characters, which is almost unfortunate as none of them are safe.
Possession and demonic novels always tend to be the scariest stories to me, but throwing it into a group of children is a dramatic and effective move. Fracassi is excellent here, and this will be a long favorite of mine.
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ: The St. Vincent's Orphanage houses 30 boys and is run by a small group of priests. There they live an impoverished and strict life under the constant supervision of Father Poole and his henchman Brother Johnson. An already rough situation is made worse when an injured man is brought to the priests by the local sheriff in the middle of the night. To their horror, the man, covered in occult symbols and making sounds no human should make, unleashes something terrible in the orphanage.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ: 335
๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐: Horror
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐: Absolutely
๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ: no, but considering they're at an orphanage for boys, that makes sense
๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐: early 1900s
๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ: โญโญโญโญโญ
This book is absolutely tremendous and one of my favorites of the year. It is written in multiple POVs, giving an intimate glimpse in the life of many of the boys (and a few adults) before the chaos begins. Due to this style, you really grow to love many of the characters, which is almost unfortunate as none of them are safe.
Possession and demonic novels always tend to be the scariest stories to me, but throwing it into a group of children is a dramatic and effective move. Fracassi is excellent here, and this will be a long favorite of mine.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury