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lefttoread's Reviews (532)
I struggled at the start of this short story, I'm not sure why, it might have been a me problem but after a little while I started to become more interested. Brandon Sanderson's ideas are always amazing and I even love reading the postscripts after each story to get to know how he came up with these ideas.
I ended up loving the characters and once I was fully immersed in it, I really ended up appreciating the story. I'd love to see more from these characters.
I ended up loving the characters and once I was fully immersed in it, I really ended up appreciating the story. I'd love to see more from these characters.
I think this was just fine. I liked the prospective of the father grieving a miscarriage and some of the details surrounding 'the pram' but other than that it was just kind of meh? I enjoyed the conversation of sympathy for the father more than any of the horror in this book, I've yet to be massively impressed by Joe Hill and he's not one I gravitate towards but picked this up out of curiosity of the Creature Feature Collection on Amazon.
I was pleasantly surprised, I picked this short story up after the mention of it in Stephen King's 11/22/63 which is a favourite book of mine that I am re-reading for the first time. I thought why not give The Summer People a try? I'm glad I did.
There's not a whole lot to it, but I always think horror authors give too much sometimes and it takes away the spookiness which is a shame. The Summer People was just the right amount of eerie and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to know more.. but maybe that's just how it should be.
There's not a whole lot to it, but I always think horror authors give too much sometimes and it takes away the spookiness which is a shame. The Summer People was just the right amount of eerie and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to know more.. but maybe that's just how it should be.
Creepy. Bad. Cringy. Oh, so, so wrong. This was between a 1 and a 2 star but I thought a 1 star rating wouldn't hurt the average 4.17 rating this book has somehow.
Spoiler: This is not a story about a murderous mannequin.
This was described as "For fans of Chris Carter" which I think is fitting, although I do prefer Carter's work. This was an easy, entertaining read, the first in a detective series which I'm looking forward to carrying on with, that being said, I believe I'd have probably enjoyed this a little more if I had read this physically rather than listening to it via audio. There was nothing wrong with the audiobook, but I think I'm beginning to realise that thrillers & horrors aren't as hard-hitting when they're being read me.
I also find romances hard to listen to via audio as they usually cringe me out a little, so yeah, this is me learning new things about how I like to read.
I also find romances hard to listen to via audio as they usually cringe me out a little, so yeah, this is me learning new things about how I like to read.
