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A review by leari
The Cockroach King by Andrew Cull
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
The book includes a 90-page long novella (the title story) and two short stories which are approximately 20 pages long each.
3.5/5 🌟 The Cockroach King: Mother and son move into a new house and discover multiple dog bones in their backyard. And the occasional cockroach here and there. ðŸ¤
Good descriptions and pace. Interesting characters. Predictable and did not scare me.
After the story, the author talks about how the story was originally planned, how he got the idea for it, how the writing process went. 10 little pages that were very insightful!
3/5 🌟 The Book Club: A group of bullied boys meet in the woods and read books together. One day, they find something scary in the woods...
Good friendship dynamics and descriptions of the 'something scary'. Yet again, very predictable and a bit too short for my taste.
2/5 🌟 The Boy Among Us: Transcripts from police statements detailing the events from one summer night where a bunch of young kids all went missing.
Interesting idea and cool format. I was expecting more explanations and more horror.
3.5/5 🌟 The Cockroach King: Mother and son move into a new house and discover multiple dog bones in their backyard. And the occasional cockroach here and there. ðŸ¤
Good descriptions and pace. Interesting characters. Predictable and did not scare me.
After the story, the author talks about how the story was originally planned, how he got the idea for it, how the writing process went. 10 little pages that were very insightful!
3/5 🌟 The Book Club: A group of bullied boys meet in the woods and read books together. One day, they find something scary in the woods...
Good friendship dynamics and descriptions of the 'something scary'. Yet again, very predictable and a bit too short for my taste.
2/5 🌟 The Boy Among Us: Transcripts from police statements detailing the events from one summer night where a bunch of young kids all went missing.
Interesting idea and cool format. I was expecting more explanations and more horror.