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A review by jefffrane
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
5.0
I owe Chuck Wendig an apology. In the first few chapters of The Book of Accidents I started thinking he'd made a serious error. Everyone knows that a horror story must start off very quietly, with life pretty much normal and nothing at all unsettling going on. Then the story builds and all the little hints and creaks begin to raise the hair on the reader's neck. If you start the story with a bunch of actual creepy bits where do you go from there? I'd completely forgotten Chuck Wendig's style: grab 'em by the throat and start dragging very fast in an increasingly dark direction.
Also true: anyone giving away plot business in a book review is a monster. Suffice it to say that Wendig will not loose that strangle hold on you until some time well after you've turned the last page of The Book of Accidents. There will be lots of creepiness and all the Easter Eggs smell bad. Yes, there will be ants and birds because Wendig is a little obsessed. Personally, I think this is Wendig's best work since the Miriam Black stories, which should have gone on forever.
Also true: anyone giving away plot business in a book review is a monster. Suffice it to say that Wendig will not loose that strangle hold on you until some time well after you've turned the last page of The Book of Accidents. There will be lots of creepiness and all the Easter Eggs smell bad. Yes, there will be ants and birds because Wendig is a little obsessed. Personally, I think this is Wendig's best work since the Miriam Black stories, which should have gone on forever.