A review by marlireads
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 I'm so conflicted on this one...

Most of the book was definitely not as slasher-y as I expected, which was honestly a bit disappointing. But I was kind of enjoying myself too, but also the bigger part of the book where not a lot was happening, also got a bit tedious. Nothing really happened for too long before ending up at the juicy bits. Basically that chunk in the story could have been shorter.

I also don't really know how to feel about the reveal.
Even though supernatural elements were mentioned briefly, this story is so rooted in reality I wasn't able to believe the twist. The shock factor wasn't there. I feel like I enjoy stories much more if it's the other way around: when you're on the path of maybe believing there's a supernatural force at play, but it turns out to be a much more human cause. I feel like that's a much more effective plottwist.


I enjoyed my ride with Jade. I loved her! I listened to this book on audio and this really helped showing her personality. It was really well done. Her obsessionlove for slashers was really infectious. I want to be that into horror films, but unfortunately I'm an absolute scaredy cat and I don't go anywhere near those. I want to be a horror chick though... *sigh*
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