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geauxgetlit 's review for:
Always the First to Die
by R.J. Jacobs
Growing up in the 90’s I am a huge fan of horror movies and was so excited to read this book regarding a horror movie director himself.
A hurricane is about to shred the Florida Keys, and Lexi’s daughter lied to her and is now stuck there with her grandfather in the house of Lexi’s nightmares. The house that shot the movie she was killed in when she was a teen and now she is afraid for her daughter. So she must go back to return to that past.
The book referenced so many horror movies in the past and I enjoyed that aspect. I felt this would be a perfect movie as well. However, for me reading it lacked that atmospheric ominous feeling you need for a thriller. It read flat for me and even the twist at the end wasn’t one that I expected but it wasn’t built up enough for me to care.
Like I said, as a movie, this would and could be translated well on the screen.
Thank you Sourcebooks and NetGalley for my gifted copy to read and review.
A hurricane is about to shred the Florida Keys, and Lexi’s daughter lied to her and is now stuck there with her grandfather in the house of Lexi’s nightmares. The house that shot the movie she was killed in when she was a teen and now she is afraid for her daughter. So she must go back to return to that past.
The book referenced so many horror movies in the past and I enjoyed that aspect. I felt this would be a perfect movie as well. However, for me reading it lacked that atmospheric ominous feeling you need for a thriller. It read flat for me and even the twist at the end wasn’t one that I expected but it wasn’t built up enough for me to care.
Like I said, as a movie, this would and could be translated well on the screen.
Thank you Sourcebooks and NetGalley for my gifted copy to read and review.