A review by libraryofavirgo
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This one is a bit different, written from the pov of our slasher rather than from one of the victims or the classic final girl. Jone’s writing is off the charts, mainly because he was also 17 in the year of 1989, and grew up in rural Texas. The story has such a heavy impact, I can tell Jones put his entire soul into this work and it is beautiful. It felt almost intimate while reading. This is written like a love letter to the horror genre and all of its intricacies and tropes. Jones examines and shows us what the genre truly represents at its core.

This is a book I would very much rather people experience for themselves rather than me going on my winded explanations. Pick this up for a classic slasher with a bit of twist