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A review by inarasarah
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
2.0
In this continuation from My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Jade returns - but she's no longer the suicidal, angst-ridden teenager obsessed with slasher films that she was on the previous book. She goes by Jennifer now, and her hair is it's natural color. These changes are supposed to indicate she has healed from the unspeakable thing that happened to her as a child. Another slasher is in town, free from an ill - fated caravan (that went out on a mountain in a blizzard for this prisoner to show the locations of more victims. Which would never happen. They'd wait til better weather in spring or summer. Or not do it at all, since he's murdered 30 people across many states. Ridiculous). Everybody dies, Jennifer saves the day, yada yada.
I have a lot of problems with this book. First, there end up being 3 slashers. Yes. Three. The escaped serial killer who is made of of myths and legends (they say he's 112 years old. They say he's a raised victim of the Indian massacre 90 years ago), one of the characters from the previous novel who apparently has been hiding her desire to kill as many Proofrock people as Terra Nova people were killed last time, and a raised spirit of a child who drowned in the lake and for some inexplicable reason looks like a white stag and gores people. I mean, come on.
Also, Jade starts the book as Jennifer, a healed, whole person. And then at the end she starts correcting people who call her Jennifer, and saying "it's Jade". And I'm sure the author meant this as a return to her "final girl" status or what the fuck ever, but that ignores the fact that she left that suicidal, slasher-obsessed teenager behind.
The one thing I appreciated here was that Jade and Letha were strong women. That's about all though, unfortunately.
I have a lot of problems with this book. First, there end up being 3 slashers. Yes. Three. The escaped serial killer who is made of of myths and legends (they say he's 112 years old. They say he's a raised victim of the Indian massacre 90 years ago), one of the characters from the previous novel who apparently has been hiding her desire to kill as many Proofrock people as Terra Nova people were killed last time, and a raised spirit of a child who drowned in the lake and for some inexplicable reason looks like a white stag and gores people. I mean, come on.
Also, Jade starts the book as Jennifer, a healed, whole person. And then at the end she starts correcting people who call her Jennifer, and saying "it's Jade". And I'm sure the author meant this as a return to her "final girl" status or what the fuck ever, but that ignores the fact that she left that suicidal, slasher-obsessed teenager behind.
The one thing I appreciated here was that Jade and Letha were strong women. That's about all though, unfortunately.