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Come Knocking
by Mike Bockoven
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A horror/thriller novel set in a fictional theatrical performance modeled after Sleep No More? Yes, please, sign me up immediately.
I found this book propulsive, was completely absorbed by it. Found myself both desperately wanting to experience something like Sleep No More (or in this case, Come Knocking) and also just….depressed. Because the point of the book is actually nothing about theater. It’s about how scared and selfish Americans have become, how the warning shots have already been fired, how the feeling of awfulness everyone has had since the first Trump administration began is oh-so-justified, and how we’d best prepare ourselves for what is to come.
This book’s setting made it an unusually fun horror novel for me, but the message left me with a pit in my stomach.
Nonetheless, I don’t think the book would have been written if the author thought all hope was lost. Instead, I think it is a warning: Let’s take a look at ourselves, look at the roles we play in the wider world, and turn this thing around while we still can.
I found this book propulsive, was completely absorbed by it. Found myself both desperately wanting to experience something like Sleep No More (or in this case, Come Knocking) and also just….depressed. Because the point of the book is actually nothing about theater. It’s about how scared and selfish Americans have become, how the warning shots have already been fired, how the feeling of awfulness everyone has had since the first Trump administration began is oh-so-justified, and how we’d best prepare ourselves for what is to come.
This book’s setting made it an unusually fun horror novel for me, but the message left me with a pit in my stomach.
Nonetheless, I don’t think the book would have been written if the author thought all hope was lost. Instead, I think it is a warning: Let’s take a look at ourselves, look at the roles we play in the wider world, and turn this thing around while we still can.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Trafficking