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A review by readswithdogs
The Fear: A Pandemic Horror Novel by Spencer Hamilton
2.0
I was excited to read a horror story set in our current time and climate because let's be real: 2020 is its own special horror story.
The Fear started out promising enough with Ash and Jack, a lesbian couple in a new city when Covid begins rapidly spreading and the pandemic panic begins and they find themselves stuck in their new apartment.
I liked how each chapter started with an actual tweet from our current president. I also liked the realistic portrayal of trying to grocery shop at the beginning of the panic.
I didn't like the way Ash and Jack were written. One character has some mental health problems and it results in her not leaving her room and hallucinating a man to have sex with...
The Fear started out promising enough with Ash and Jack, a lesbian couple in a new city when Covid begins rapidly spreading and the pandemic panic begins and they find themselves stuck in their new apartment.
I liked how each chapter started with an actual tweet from our current president. I also liked the realistic portrayal of trying to grocery shop at the beginning of the panic.
I didn't like the way Ash and Jack were written. One character has some mental health problems and it results in her not leaving her room and hallucinating a man to have sex with...