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A review by yourspookymom
The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren
5.0
It’s official, David Sodergren is my favorite author of 2023. What a hell of a ride! Jam packed full of sex, drugs, and giant. mutant. spiders....! Ah!
As it’s been in all of David’s other work, a carefully crafted protagonist rocket launches us into tropical hell…in her skivvies. I genuinely loved Ana, felt for her, rooted her on. What a great MC for a unique story. Oh, Chakrit! I really loved his presence throughout; the only redeeming male character…outside of Grub the pug, of course. I’m not much of a creature feature fan, but this one had me creepy crawling out of my skin!
The only thing that I struggled with was the pace of the last 100 pages. It was so action packed that I had a hard time visualizing the elaborate caves, abandoned hotel & apartments - especially with the jumping between locations. I also wished that more was elaborated on with the visions that Ana had. I appreciated the discussion had between the sisters, but felt like it could have been embellished on just a bit more to better flow with it’s significance throughout.
4.5/5 - thanks David for another kick ass horror. On to the next!
P.S.: Thank you for not making sexual violence the center of your fear narrative. You prove that a story can be bloody and horrific without it!!
As it’s been in all of David’s other work, a carefully crafted protagonist rocket launches us into tropical hell…in her skivvies. I genuinely loved Ana, felt for her, rooted her on. What a great MC for a unique story. Oh, Chakrit! I really loved his presence throughout; the only redeeming male character…outside of Grub the pug, of course. I’m not much of a creature feature fan, but this one had me creepy crawling out of my skin!
The only thing that I struggled with was the pace of the last 100 pages. It was so action packed that I had a hard time visualizing the elaborate caves, abandoned hotel & apartments - especially with the jumping between locations. I also wished that more was elaborated on with the visions that Ana had. I appreciated the discussion had between the sisters, but felt like it could have been embellished on just a bit more to better flow with it’s significance throughout.
4.5/5 - thanks David for another kick ass horror. On to the next!
P.S.: Thank you for not making sexual violence the center of your fear narrative. You prove that a story can be bloody and horrific without it!!