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A review by ambarbaq
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
4.0
Yeah I stayed up to finish this and now I am a little spooked. I really liked this book. It reminded me so much of Poltergeist, and baby I love Poltergeist. The monster was described just enough that the picture I had in my head is bone chilling. Heartbreaking read but wow I would recommend it to anyone. Very good horror, no gore or anything of the sort. A very fast read too. All being told through an 8 year old’s perspective makes it very breezy and kinetic. I found that refreshing compared to other horror books, don’t think I’ve ever read this POV.
I wanna write more, but it is late and I can see shapes from the corners of my eyes that are giving me goosebump, VERY FUN. Maybe I’m overhyping it, but I rarely get chills from horror books or movies anymore, so this took me by surprise in the best way. Picked it up on a whim, too. I will definitely check out Malerman’s other stuff.
It does get a little monologue heavy at the end, like you’re reading the script for a Mike Flanagan Netflix series but guess what? I fucking love Midnight Mass babyyyyyyy! I was eating good.
I wanna write more, but it is late and I can see shapes from the corners of my eyes that are giving me goosebump, VERY FUN. Maybe I’m overhyping it, but I rarely get chills from horror books or movies anymore, so this took me by surprise in the best way. Picked it up on a whim, too. I will definitely check out Malerman’s other stuff.
It does get a little monologue heavy at the end, like you’re reading the script for a Mike Flanagan Netflix series but guess what? I fucking love Midnight Mass babyyyyyyy! I was eating good.