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238 reviews

Fever House by Keith Rosson

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Robin Brooks

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Honestly I liked the screenplay within the book way more than the book itself. I was just so annoyed by reading a physical copy of a book that broke the fourth wall multiple times by referring to itself as an audiobook. Like, I guess the physical book readers don't matter? Could an editor not have replaced the instances of "audiobook" with simply "book" for the millions of physical copies that were released? It seems like such a weird oversight.

I also just got so bored of all the unnecessary horror movie name-drops. Like, we get it Paul, you were into horror movies in the 90's, you don't need to bring up Evil Dead every other paragraph. It's also not even remotely scary. Anyway, I was going to give this 3 stars but I just talked myself out of half a star. It's dumb, don't bother. 

Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.25

The Mysterious Affair at Styles: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0