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A review by inknosedowl
Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Wow….just wow!
Mary is honestly one of the best horror novels I haves ever read. The start of the book was kind of hard to get into, but once you get going it is amazing! The writing wasn’t anything too special until the last 100 pages. Which I think is actually when everything ramped up and made it a 4 star book for me.
The feel of the ending honestly gives me the tv show the Haunting of Hill House vibes. Cassidy gives the ghosts purpose instead of just being ghosts in a haunted house and making them haunt people for no reason. For lack of better comparison, they were like Mike Flanagan ghosts which really made this book for me.
There are some twists that I absolutely love at the end as well. One I am not to sure about, but it for sure brings the whole thing together. Make sure to read the quotes at the start of each Part!
I honestly thought that this novel was written by a woman the whole time I was reading it. Finding out that it was a MAN that wrote a novel about menopause made me stop for a minute. I thought, “Why would he know what woman go though? Why would a man WANT to write about it?” But he writes about it well and respectfully and gives a voice to middle age woman that feel invisible everyday. He does acknowledge it in his afterword which I appreciate.
I didn’t expect this book to be as good as it is, usually horror disappoints me but this one did not! I’m excited to see what Cassidy comes up with next.
Mary is honestly one of the best horror novels I haves ever read. The start of the book was kind of hard to get into, but once you get going it is amazing! The writing wasn’t anything too special until the last 100 pages. Which I think is actually when everything ramped up and made it a 4 star book for me.
The feel of the ending honestly gives me the tv show the Haunting of Hill House vibes. Cassidy gives the ghosts purpose instead of just being ghosts in a haunted house and making them haunt people for no reason. For lack of better comparison, they were like Mike Flanagan ghosts which really made this book for me.
There are some twists that I absolutely love at the end as well. One I am not to sure about, but it for sure brings the whole thing together. Make sure to read the quotes at the start of each Part!
I honestly thought that this novel was written by a woman the whole time I was reading it. Finding out that it was a MAN that wrote a novel about menopause made me stop for a minute. I thought, “Why would he know what woman go though? Why would a man WANT to write about it?” But he writes about it well and respectfully and gives a voice to middle age woman that feel invisible everyday. He does acknowledge it in his afterword which I appreciate.
I didn’t expect this book to be as good as it is, usually horror disappoints me but this one did not! I’m excited to see what Cassidy comes up with next.