A review by vatodd
Chlorine by Jade Song

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

This is a genre I have not read before. It is intense. I like horror movies so I thought I would handle it well but there is an element of separation in movies that I didn't get in this. Horror movies with bad acting or cheap sets or amateur effects keep you rooted in "this is fake". The story being written as if REN is talking to you and the visual description makes it all very real in your head. That was too much for me. I couldn't enjoy the experience for there was no fantasy elements like I thought there would be just real, raw horror.