A review by splatter_fauwxx
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book is technically labeled as Possession Horror, but it fits nicely within the Political Satire/Dark Comedy genres as well. The concept is Possession via Media. At 394 pages, this book was quite long for the intended story matter. Although it was funny - I feel like the story could of been told in fewer pages. Then as I was reading some other reviews, I discovered that this story was originally in a short story anthology book called  Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories. Without diving too deep into politics, this book makes quite a few jabs at the Alt Right so if you're of that mind frame, this book will probably piss you off. If you are of the Left mind frame, you're going to triggered because you'll feel like you're going nuts (again). Either way- it was a fun read, but I think it could of been much shorter. I struggled to finish the last half because it started to become redundant for me.