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Head Like a Hole
by Andrew Van Wey
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻: Andrew Van Wey
𝓟𝓵𝓸𝓽: Five young adults grapple with a dark secret from their past as a horrifying creature emerges from the sea.
𝓟𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼: 382
𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓮: Horror, slasher
𝓑𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓭𝓮𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽: yes
𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓭: 90s
𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻: By the Light of Dead Stars
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯: I Know What You Did Last Summer...but more supernatural; classic slasher movies
𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I will admit that the beginning of this book didn't grab me and I almost DNF'd it. Fortunately, because I've liked Andrew's other work and have had a few pleasant exchanges with him on Tiktok, I persevered through the beginning and got to read a fun horror story.
There are two main story lines that weave in and out in this book. In the first, Megan Monroe is a struggling (sort-of former) college student that is trying to put the pieces of her life back together after a series of tragedies. After some strange events, she decides to reconnect with her friends from her former high school. Meanwhile, a fisherman has pulled what appears to be a severed head out of the water, and it is whispering some awfully naughty instructions to him.
This all results in a very creepy, supernatural-ish take on I Know What You Did Last Summer, and I enjoyed it. What did Megan and her friends do back in high school? And why can they only sort of remember one of their friends?
This book really hits you over the head with the fact that it takes place in the NINETIES, to the point where I did chuckle at some of the many, many references, but overall I had a fun time reading the book. The beginning does drag a bit, and there is an unfortunate animal death (luckily off "screen"), but I think it works up to a solid 4-star rating.
𝓟𝓵𝓸𝓽: Five young adults grapple with a dark secret from their past as a horrifying creature emerges from the sea.
𝓟𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓼: 382
𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓮: Horror, slasher
𝓑𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓭𝓮𝓵 𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽: yes
𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓭: 90s
𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓼 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻: By the Light of Dead Stars
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓯: I Know What You Did Last Summer...but more supernatural; classic slasher movies
𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I will admit that the beginning of this book didn't grab me and I almost DNF'd it. Fortunately, because I've liked Andrew's other work and have had a few pleasant exchanges with him on Tiktok, I persevered through the beginning and got to read a fun horror story.
There are two main story lines that weave in and out in this book. In the first, Megan Monroe is a struggling (sort-of former) college student that is trying to put the pieces of her life back together after a series of tragedies. After some strange events, she decides to reconnect with her friends from her former high school. Meanwhile, a fisherman has pulled what appears to be a severed head out of the water, and it is whispering some awfully naughty instructions to him.
This all results in a very creepy, supernatural-ish take on I Know What You Did Last Summer, and I enjoyed it. What did Megan and her friends do back in high school? And why can they only sort of remember one of their friends?
This book really hits you over the head with the fact that it takes place in the NINETIES, to the point where I did chuckle at some of the many, many references, but overall I had a fun time reading the book. The beginning does drag a bit, and there is an unfortunate animal death (luckily off "screen"), but I think it works up to a solid 4-star rating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Murder