A review by mmccombs
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

SGJ!! A king! Everything he does in this book (and most of his books) is just so unexpected. Each word, each phrase, each plot point just kind of hits you out of the blue to make for very compelling horror. The way he describes things is just so him, you’ll never see anyone write the way he does. Howweevverr sometimes this incredibly strange approach to description comes at the expense of having any idea of what is going on. Some really outlandish things happen in this book (for absolutely delicious horror!) and I sometimes was confused if I was actually reading what was happening correctly because things are so round about. Like
how was Cinnamon involved? How many people (or I guess, spirits??) were out murdering in the snow? What was that part where we were under water with Stacey Graves? Was that actually happening?
. I also just had a hard time remembering what happened in the 1st book and reconciling that with the new info that came out in the 2nd, I think this is a book you have to read right after reading the first. All in all, I still had a great time reading this book, it was a phenomenally scary story about survivors guilt and trauma, but I think it just lacks a bit of the focus and heart (lol) of the first installment of the trilogy.
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