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A review by versmonesprit
In Bloom by Paul Tremblay
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
HUH??? WHY??? This story has GOT to be a joke, because it has absolutely nothing going on for it! All its choices are so inexplicably, unjustifiably poor . . . and where exactly is the creature? You can’t make a blob the so-called creature of a short creature-feature story! That’s not a creature unless we’re in an extra cheesy B-movie!
There was no reason for Heidi to be featured as a character, there was no reason for us to hear about her crush on her roommate at all, there was no reason for the actual story not to begin until 45% in (and then keep meandering for another 10%) and there was no reason for Swamp Thing to be mentioned! Likewise with Jaws… just stop with references, stop trying to make other and better stories tell the one YOU are supposed to write…
Literally nothing happens, the only horror is to have paid any amount of money for this, and to be frank this should have belonged in a sports stories collection because there’s so much more of baseball than anything else!
I read this while listening to Nox Arcana, and not even that helped create any atmosphere or tension when the material was this painfully boring!
There was no reason for Heidi to be featured as a character, there was no reason for us to hear about her crush on her roommate at all, there was no reason for the actual story not to begin until 45% in (and then keep meandering for another 10%) and there was no reason for Swamp Thing to be mentioned! Likewise with Jaws… just stop with references, stop trying to make other and better stories tell the one YOU are supposed to write…
Literally nothing happens, the only horror is to have paid any amount of money for this, and to be frank this should have belonged in a sports stories collection because there’s so much more of baseball than anything else!
I read this while listening to Nox Arcana, and not even that helped create any atmosphere or tension when the material was this painfully boring!