A review by zomvi
I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street by Ben Farthing

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.0

This was quite a fun Christmas horror read! The author interweaves a very compelling character-driven narrative with some unique horrors, all in homage to Stephen King's "IT", and other coming-of-age horror tales. The character's motivations were understandable, and they were very easy to root for as well. There are some heavy elements of grief, child death, depression, and PTSD, as the main character is a preteen grappling with the loss of his sister, and becomes convinced he needs to show his parents that he can "save" Christmas. There were, however, some pretty repetitive phrases and a couple inaccuracies, such as using "Mortal Combat" instead of the correct misspelling the video games use: "Mortal Kombat". These probably would have been caught and cleaned up or edited out with the use of an editor or more advanced reader copy reviews. Overall, this was a good read and I'm interested in checking out other work by this author.
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