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A review by sarahs_bookish_life
Ouija by Zoé-Lee O'Farrell
5.0
I used to be a huge fan of horror books in my teens but admittedly don’t read many of them these days. Having read and finished Ouija, I really need to alter that as this book reminded me of everything that I loved about the horror genre.
The story starts off with a dark and disturbing scene that takes place in a school, then we are taken to present day where we meet six school friends who decide to go to the abandoned school and have some fun with a ouija board. Well, alarm bells were going off in my head as being a horror story, I knew that no good could come from playing such a dangerous game!
I enjoyed getting to know the six teenagers better. With the story flicking between events that took place at the school the year before as well as what was happening in present day, it was so easy to get fully engrossed in this story. I was so glad that I was sat reading with the light on as I could feel myself getting creeped out by what I was reading and kept looking up to make sure that there were no weird or strange things going on in my home.
Ouija is the author’s debut novel and wow what a novel! It delivers on the scare factor and I literally couldn’t relax as, as soon as I did, something would happen that would literally have me jumping from where I was sat. This story gave me goose bumps and if this is what the author can do with a debut, then I can’t wait to see what else she can do in her next novel! A super creepy read that you will not want to read in the dark!
My thanks to the author for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
The story starts off with a dark and disturbing scene that takes place in a school, then we are taken to present day where we meet six school friends who decide to go to the abandoned school and have some fun with a ouija board. Well, alarm bells were going off in my head as being a horror story, I knew that no good could come from playing such a dangerous game!
I enjoyed getting to know the six teenagers better. With the story flicking between events that took place at the school the year before as well as what was happening in present day, it was so easy to get fully engrossed in this story. I was so glad that I was sat reading with the light on as I could feel myself getting creeped out by what I was reading and kept looking up to make sure that there were no weird or strange things going on in my home.
Ouija is the author’s debut novel and wow what a novel! It delivers on the scare factor and I literally couldn’t relax as, as soon as I did, something would happen that would literally have me jumping from where I was sat. This story gave me goose bumps and if this is what the author can do with a debut, then I can’t wait to see what else she can do in her next novel! A super creepy read that you will not want to read in the dark!
My thanks to the author for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.