A review by tocupine
Under the Skin by Michel Faber

4.0

I am a huge fan of the horror movie Under the Skin. It's slow-paced, voyeuristic dread is the kind of creepy that stayed with me for days after watching it. Approaching the book with my love of the movie in mind almost made reading it much less enjoyable. It's so easy to spoil the entire plot of Under the Skin so the enjoyment of the mystery that's drip-fed to the reader is lost on me in the beginning of the story. This does change after about 1/3 of the book as it takes a vastly different turn then the film and establishes different themes. Overall I really enjoyed this.