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A review by sbsenpai
Under the Blade by Matt Serafini
4.0
A summer camp that goes horribly wrong as a deranged killer stalks the campers is not a new concept. We’ve seen this countless times before and no doubt we’ll see many more after this.
In many ways this book does feel like a retread of a typical Friday the 13th movie, but in some ways it does shine through with unique takes.
Our main character, Melanie was a survivor 24 years ago and as a result experiences ptsd and is paranoid that the killer is somehow still alive.
This town is certainly smarter than Camp Crystal Lake as they take strict measures on the people and live in a borderline puritanical town where anything remotely challenging to the social norms were immediately banned.
Melanie returns here to write a tell all book on what happened there only to see that the killer may be alive after all.
I love how Melanie was written, how the town is affected by these deaths, and how we even peek into the killers’ thought process.
I will say that maybe the book can use about 50 pages less since there are scenes that take place in the 60’s with a cult that could’ve used less time and more time on more members of the town.
That’s a nitpick, but otherwise a solid read if you’re into the slasher genre.
In many ways this book does feel like a retread of a typical Friday the 13th movie, but in some ways it does shine through with unique takes.
Our main character, Melanie was a survivor 24 years ago and as a result experiences ptsd and is paranoid that the killer is somehow still alive.
This town is certainly smarter than Camp Crystal Lake as they take strict measures on the people and live in a borderline puritanical town where anything remotely challenging to the social norms were immediately banned.
Melanie returns here to write a tell all book on what happened there only to see that the killer may be alive after all.
I love how Melanie was written, how the town is affected by these deaths, and how we even peek into the killers’ thought process.
I will say that maybe the book can use about 50 pages less since there are scenes that take place in the 60’s with a cult that could’ve used less time and more time on more members of the town.
That’s a nitpick, but otherwise a solid read if you’re into the slasher genre.