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From Below by Darcy Coates
5.0
The new 3d rendered images of the Titanic shipwreck spurred me to finally pick this one up and woooof am I glad I did. Numerous times throughout this book I caught myself thinking, “I am scared. I am being scared now!”
“From Below” is not a cloying, punishing, malevolent dark smear that will plague me for the rest of my life like other horror novels I’ve read (Lookin’ at you, “The Deep”.) The ending was more light-hearted than I prefer but honestly, I’m not complaining on this one.
Coates expertly creates tension through setting descriptions, plot construction, and dialogue cues. Let’s be real: It’s a scary story about a shipwreck investigation. You throw in a couple combative characters, scary past tense story line, and some spooky shit and I’m gonna gobble that up like potato salad. Has it been done before? I’m not going to say no. Does Coates freaking nail this? Absolutely.
5/5 I’m never gonna learn how to swim and I’m sure as shit never going on a cruise, but I knew that before this book.
“From Below” is not a cloying, punishing, malevolent dark smear that will plague me for the rest of my life like other horror novels I’ve read (Lookin’ at you, “The Deep”.) The ending was more light-hearted than I prefer but honestly, I’m not complaining on this one.
Coates expertly creates tension through setting descriptions, plot construction, and dialogue cues. Let’s be real: It’s a scary story about a shipwreck investigation. You throw in a couple combative characters, scary past tense story line, and some spooky shit and I’m gonna gobble that up like potato salad. Has it been done before? I’m not going to say no. Does Coates freaking nail this? Absolutely.
5/5 I’m never gonna learn how to swim and I’m sure as shit never going on a cruise, but I knew that before this book.