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A review by motherhorror
Becoming by Glenn Rolfe
4.0
Many thanks to the author for a copy of Becoming in exchange for an honest review.
I learned a new thing from my Twitter friends that love horror. Books that have a creature as the antagonist is called a "creature feature". Think Jaws, Jurassic Park, Rats, Invasive, The Hatching...you know: CREATURES!!!
Yay! *cheering*
I like creature features. This book, Becoming, is part of this wonderful genre where we get lots and lots of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" style mayhem and gore.
This story reads like an old school horror story where the action get rolling right from the first few pages-think X files where you get to see some kind of unexplained drama unfolding for a few minutes before the credits. My only complaint is that Rolfe has an extensive cast of characters. I feel like we're introduced to the whole town. Clocking in at just under 300 pages, this book isn't quite a novella and not quite a novel so I do think a few of the character dramas could have fallen to the editing floor but other than that, a few characters rise to the surface *see what I did there* as our heroic, gritty protagonists. There's a father and son relationship that's pretty unsavory and uncomfortable but you, know--it's part of the genre. There's a girl character I liked very, very much and lastly, is this book scary? Yes. It's tense, it moves at a breakneck speed and it's scary. I enjoyed this one and I recommend it--a fun ride!
I learned a new thing from my Twitter friends that love horror. Books that have a creature as the antagonist is called a "creature feature". Think Jaws, Jurassic Park, Rats, Invasive, The Hatching...you know: CREATURES!!!
Yay! *cheering*
I like creature features. This book, Becoming, is part of this wonderful genre where we get lots and lots of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" style mayhem and gore.
This story reads like an old school horror story where the action get rolling right from the first few pages-think X files where you get to see some kind of unexplained drama unfolding for a few minutes before the credits. My only complaint is that Rolfe has an extensive cast of characters. I feel like we're introduced to the whole town. Clocking in at just under 300 pages, this book isn't quite a novella and not quite a novel so I do think a few of the character dramas could have fallen to the editing floor but other than that, a few characters rise to the surface *see what I did there* as our heroic, gritty protagonists. There's a father and son relationship that's pretty unsavory and uncomfortable but you, know--it's part of the genre. There's a girl character I liked very, very much and lastly, is this book scary? Yes. It's tense, it moves at a breakneck speed and it's scary. I enjoyed this one and I recommend it--a fun ride!