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A review by rdclarkk
Daphne by Josh Malerman
4.0
Thank goodness for page turners! It's Clown in a Cornfield vibes in that it doesn't do much to step outside the genre box, but it works.
The strongest aspects of this book/why I enjoyed in a numbered list:
1. Really strong scare scenes (the candy store and car scenes come to mind)
2. Fast pace after we meet Daphne for the first time
3. I appreciate the ambiguity in the ending (I think I would have liked *some* more detail, but I prefer ambiguity in supernatural stories over over-explanation)
4. The power of friendship/coming-of-age <3
Also, this may just be a "me thing," but I'm begging on my hands and knees to stop making villains a metaphor for mental illness/trauma. It's effective, particularly for Daphne, but I'm just getting really tired of seeing it in most horror media nowadays.
The strongest aspects of this book/why I enjoyed in a numbered list:
1. Really strong scare scenes (the candy store and car scenes come to mind)
2. Fast pace after we meet Daphne for the first time
3. I appreciate the ambiguity in the ending (I think I would have liked *some* more detail, but I prefer ambiguity in supernatural stories over over-explanation)
4. The power of friendship/coming-of-age <3
Also, this may just be a "me thing," but I'm begging on my hands and knees to stop making villains a metaphor for mental illness/trauma. It's effective, particularly for Daphne, but I'm just getting really tired of seeing it in most horror media nowadays.