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A review by jeremyfee
Peel Back and See by Mike Thorn
4.0
The author provided me with a free e-book advanced reading copy of this collection of short stories, but this is an honest review.
This was the second short story collection by Mike Thorn that I read, after having finished Darkest Hours Expanded Edition this summer. I really enjoyed Peel Back and See, which is full of strange situations and creatures. Mike Thorn once again used vivid descriptions with great imagery that make me feel like I was right there in the scenes of the stories. I refer to his writing as being cinematic in scope.
My only nitpicking complaint is that the previous book I read by him had author notes at the end of each story, which really enhanced the reading experience by knowing his inspirations and thoughts behind writing them. This collection included notes, but the publisher put them all at the back of the book so you would have to flip back there to see them each time (and I was reading this on my e-reader without easily linked jumps back and forth). It's not a big issue. I just liked it more the way it was done in Darkest Hours.
I recommend this collection for fans of horror, especially the gross and weird stuff.
This was the second short story collection by Mike Thorn that I read, after having finished Darkest Hours Expanded Edition this summer. I really enjoyed Peel Back and See, which is full of strange situations and creatures. Mike Thorn once again used vivid descriptions with great imagery that make me feel like I was right there in the scenes of the stories. I refer to his writing as being cinematic in scope.
My only nitpicking complaint is that the previous book I read by him had author notes at the end of each story, which really enhanced the reading experience by knowing his inspirations and thoughts behind writing them. This collection included notes, but the publisher put them all at the back of the book so you would have to flip back there to see them each time (and I was reading this on my e-reader without easily linked jumps back and forth). It's not a big issue. I just liked it more the way it was done in Darkest Hours.
I recommend this collection for fans of horror, especially the gross and weird stuff.