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A review by coralinejones
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
4.25
Look... I did not think I would give this book anything higher than maybe 2 stars. The beginning was extremely young adult and a bit rough; usually everything I hate about certain books was in the first few chapters. At first, I didn't think this was well written. It's no piece of academic text, but I could look over that considering this felt like a corny teen horror movie from the jump. I didn't pick this book up expecting Frankenstein levels of horror. Something about that was really... Inviting. The same feeling I get when watching a show like "Buffy" or a film like "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
When the horror actually kicked in, and I started to care a little bit more about these teenagers, I couldn't put the book down. You can tell the author had so much fun, and a lot of inspiration, with all of the action scenes. Much of this novel reminded me of Friday the 13th and Fear Street: 1978 (The latter being one of my favorite movies of all time). I believe the beginning was so rough because the author just needed a foundation to get the real good, juicy, horror parts going. I don't blame her.
I will say that the epilogue was kinda meh to me. Some of the plot twists felt a little goofier than expected. I liked the last chapter and how the story concluded there more than what was said in the epilogue. It kind of felt like an unnecessary afterthought.
But, honestly, as a huge horror fan (and as someone who has seen all the classic horror movies, and loves all the campy, farfetched, plot lines and movie magic), this wasn't so bad for me? Like I couldn't be mad at some of the ridiculousness because it felt so on par with horror tropes and cliches.
Certainly not perfect, but crazy entertaining. Worth reading for around the spooky holidays. Absolutely worth a movie adaptation. I would be seated for it.
When the horror actually kicked in, and I started to care a little bit more about these teenagers, I couldn't put the book down. You can tell the author had so much fun, and a lot of inspiration, with all of the action scenes. Much of this novel reminded me of Friday the 13th and Fear Street: 1978 (The latter being one of my favorite movies of all time). I believe the beginning was so rough because the author just needed a foundation to get the real good, juicy, horror parts going. I don't blame her.
I will say that the epilogue was kinda meh to me. Some of the plot twists felt a little goofier than expected. I liked the last chapter and how the story concluded there more than what was said in the epilogue. It kind of felt like an unnecessary afterthought.
But, honestly, as a huge horror fan (and as someone who has seen all the classic horror movies, and loves all the campy, farfetched, plot lines and movie magic), this wasn't so bad for me? Like I couldn't be mad at some of the ridiculousness because it felt so on par with horror tropes and cliches.
Certainly not perfect, but crazy entertaining. Worth reading for around the spooky holidays. Absolutely worth a movie adaptation. I would be seated for it.