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A review by zraitor
Projection by John Shupeck
5.0
->I received an ARC of this in exchange for an honest review.<--
A man runs an experiment at his supposedly haunted house with three college students who believe they are there for some ghost finding. He actually just wants to manipulate them and prove that God and the supernatural of any kind aren't real.
All three students have to write a journal entry after each night giving us several perspectives to see through. This is what makes the book great as I was dying to know what the craziness looked like to each person every time. It really had me hooked and kept me reading through.
As the game goes on he becomes increasingly unhinged as he tries to railroad the experiment to the results he wants and crazy things are going on all around that he may or may not be in control of. I was constantly asking myself whether or not this actually was just psychological horror and this man's sick game, or perhaps something more is going on?
This wondering also makes it so fun. I was all over the place with different theories and I was just begging to myself the outcome be one that was satisfying. Thankfully it was and all things wrap up to an unsettling conclusion.
The author's usual themes are there: religion, serial killers, and just a love of psychological horror. This presents them in a new intelligent way but still with the same gore and nightmarish scenes. There are also some cameos from his previous work, Red Town Lost being the main one.
With grounded characters but over-the-top horror, this was an amazing read. What could have just been a gimmick, the changing perspectives give this story a constantly fresh feeling. Check it out.
A man runs an experiment at his supposedly haunted house with three college students who believe they are there for some ghost finding. He actually just wants to manipulate them and prove that God and the supernatural of any kind aren't real.
All three students have to write a journal entry after each night giving us several perspectives to see through. This is what makes the book great as I was dying to know what the craziness looked like to each person every time. It really had me hooked and kept me reading through.
As the game goes on he becomes increasingly unhinged as he tries to railroad the experiment to the results he wants and crazy things are going on all around that he may or may not be in control of. I was constantly asking myself whether or not this actually was just psychological horror and this man's sick game, or perhaps something more is going on?
This wondering also makes it so fun. I was all over the place with different theories and I was just begging to myself the outcome be one that was satisfying. Thankfully it was and all things wrap up to an unsettling conclusion.
The author's usual themes are there: religion, serial killers, and just a love of psychological horror. This presents them in a new intelligent way but still with the same gore and nightmarish scenes. There are also some cameos from his previous work, Red Town Lost being the main one.
With grounded characters but over-the-top horror, this was an amazing read. What could have just been a gimmick, the changing perspectives give this story a constantly fresh feeling. Check it out.