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The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
4.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐
THE MEAN ONES by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne (Sept 30)
Thank you Netgalley and Creature Publishing for the earc
Sadie hears things: animals talking, a strange but soothing male voice. Her therapist says its PTSD...she did witness the d*aths of her "friends" seventeen years prior. Now, at 29, Sadie is normal. Well, as normal as one can be. She has a steady job, a boyfriend, and friends. When Lucas, her boyfriend, agrees to go to a cabin in the woods with their friends, Sadie is terrified. The visions get worse, there's a stalker, and the male's voice is telling her to do things she never dreamed of. Sadie doesn't know what to do, but she isn't going to sit still, isn't going to watch as everything starts to unravel.
THE MEAN ONES is the adult debut from the author of YA horror book SUCH LOVELY SKIN. Told across two timelines, THE MEAN ONES is horrifying and creepy. Gory and mind-boggling. I haven't read a book like this, one with horror movies vibes and straight up weirdness since Tatiana's debut novel.
I liked this book, and immediately I was hooked. The hallucinations, the goriness, and the cult-likeness was thrilling and entertaining. I preferred the before timeline more than the now timeline because I liked learning what happened that made Sabrina/Sadie how she was. But not just that. I couldn't, for the life of me, stand Lucas. I think even though there were mean/obnoxiously arrogant characters from Sadie's childhood, because Lucas is older, his attitude just didn't sit right with me. I mean, THE MEAN ONES had some easy to hate characters, which is why I rated this four stars even though it's a well-written story that unfolds quick.
This book didn't scare me but it did freak me out. The deer, the strange woman, the cult...it was all so much.
I felt so bad for Sabrina/Sadie. She went through so much---too much. I just couldn't help but feel for her.
THE MEAN ONES is twisted. I didn't think it could get more twisted (especially with knowing what happened in the before), but the now chapters threw me for a loop. Shocked, especially toward the end as more and more things were revealed. And that final chapter before the epilogue had me sitting here, dumbfounded with my mouth open in shock.
Schlote-Bonne has done it again with the horror, has done it again with the gore and shock. And can we talk about that cover? Freaky.
THE MEAN ONES by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne (Sept 30)
Thank you Netgalley and Creature Publishing for the earc
Sadie hears things: animals talking, a strange but soothing male voice. Her therapist says its PTSD...she did witness the d*aths of her "friends" seventeen years prior. Now, at 29, Sadie is normal. Well, as normal as one can be. She has a steady job, a boyfriend, and friends. When Lucas, her boyfriend, agrees to go to a cabin in the woods with their friends, Sadie is terrified. The visions get worse, there's a stalker, and the male's voice is telling her to do things she never dreamed of. Sadie doesn't know what to do, but she isn't going to sit still, isn't going to watch as everything starts to unravel.
THE MEAN ONES is the adult debut from the author of YA horror book SUCH LOVELY SKIN. Told across two timelines, THE MEAN ONES is horrifying and creepy. Gory and mind-boggling. I haven't read a book like this, one with horror movies vibes and straight up weirdness since Tatiana's debut novel.
I liked this book, and immediately I was hooked. The hallucinations, the goriness, and the cult-likeness was thrilling and entertaining. I preferred the before timeline more than the now timeline because I liked learning what happened that made Sabrina/Sadie how she was. But not just that. I couldn't, for the life of me, stand Lucas. I think even though there were mean/obnoxiously arrogant characters from Sadie's childhood, because Lucas is older, his attitude just didn't sit right with me. I mean, THE MEAN ONES had some easy to hate characters, which is why I rated this four stars even though it's a well-written story that unfolds quick.
This book didn't scare me but it did freak me out. The deer, the strange woman, the cult...it was all so much.
I felt so bad for Sabrina/Sadie. She went through so much---too much. I just couldn't help but feel for her.
THE MEAN ONES is twisted. I didn't think it could get more twisted (especially with knowing what happened in the before), but the now chapters threw me for a loop. Shocked, especially toward the end as more and more things were revealed. And that final chapter before the epilogue had me sitting here, dumbfounded with my mouth open in shock.
Schlote-Bonne has done it again with the horror, has done it again with the gore and shock. And can we talk about that cover? Freaky.