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A review by tashasbooks
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
3.75
Clown in a Cornfield is a fun YA horror book that is extremely fast paced and reminiscent of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Quinn Maybrook moves to Kettle Springs to her father to get a fresh start after the loss of her mother. She happens to get involved in a feud between the older generation and adults and the teenagers. The adults are fed up with the kid's pranking after it leads to a young girl's death. The corn syrup factory that used to supply many of the jobs shut down and was recently burned down by more pranking teenagers. Someone masquerading as Frendo, the town's mascot clown, decides the best way to make Kettle Springs great again is to kill all of the prankster teens.
I was expecting this book to be more of a thriller? Like the clown pops up and kills someone and then the town doesn't know who it as and what was going on. Instead it happens all at once and I was not expecting that. The reason I comp it to Texas Chainsaw Massacre is because it's just absolute chaos and gore as it ramps up. The pacing is crazy and I was quite surprised by the gore and death as this is a YA book, but it made it feel like a true horror book and no one was safe!
I would say character wise, this is mainly just a plot forward kind of book. The POV switches often, especially minor characters as they are killed off. It's very much a slasher type of book that's absolutely wild and was truly engaging. Definitely pick this up for a fun, fast horror book!
Quinn Maybrook moves to Kettle Springs to her father to get a fresh start after the loss of her mother. She happens to get involved in a feud between the older generation and adults and the teenagers. The adults are fed up with the kid's pranking after it leads to a young girl's death. The corn syrup factory that used to supply many of the jobs shut down and was recently burned down by more pranking teenagers. Someone masquerading as Frendo, the town's mascot clown, decides the best way to make Kettle Springs great again is to kill all of the prankster teens.
I was expecting this book to be more of a thriller? Like the clown pops up and kills someone and then the town doesn't know who it as and what was going on. Instead it happens all at once and I was not expecting that. The reason I comp it to Texas Chainsaw Massacre is because it's just absolute chaos and gore as it ramps up. The pacing is crazy and I was quite surprised by the gore and death as this is a YA book, but it made it feel like a true horror book and no one was safe!
I would say character wise, this is mainly just a plot forward kind of book. The POV switches often, especially minor characters as they are killed off. It's very much a slasher type of book that's absolutely wild and was truly engaging. Definitely pick this up for a fun, fast horror book!