My first audiobook ARC! Thanks NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing the advanced copy
I really admire Guillermo del Toro. I think he's absolutelyMy first audiobook ARC! Thanks NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing the advanced copy
I really admire Guillermo del Toro. I think he's absolutely brilliant, and I love watching him (with the highest level of envy) show off his horror collection. But for some reason I just don't love his novel writing. Since his books are almost all coauthored, I can't ascertain how much he actually writes himself, and it's quite possible that he's the idea guy while someone else puts his creative energy on paper. However, I can say with certainty this book has almost identical vibes to The Strain (likely due to teaming up with Chuck Hogan again), and I think that if you enjoyed that trilogy then you would really like this book as well. I preferred that this one had less "technical" writing, fewer points of view, and characters whose fates I actually cared about. The three timelines were easy to follow and gave the characters a lot of depth, and they came together superbly at the end.
Now this is a just a personal preference thing, but this type of writing really isn't my style. I think a lot of people would love this book, particularly readers who are fans of Stephen King's descriptiveness, and I would still recommend this book to those who enjoy the genre. My 3 star rating isn't bad because I did like the book, but I didn't love it, and that's solely a reflection of my personal tastes and not the quality of the work. I would rather watch Idle Hands, or an episode of Charmed or Supernatural that contains a similar theme. Maybe that makes me a dumb dumb, but don't judge me, k? It's rude.
As for the audio format, Brittany Pressley is the reason I requested the ARC to begin with, and she did a wonderful job narrating as usual. She kept me hanging in there when I would start to lose focus or get bored. She's so good at becoming her characters that she is Odessa, and I refuse to see anyone but her play Odessa should this become an on screen adaptation....more
This is the darkest, most unsettling of Heather Gudenkauf's books that I've read, and I think if I had children I'd be so disturbed that it would earnThis is the darkest, most unsettling of Heather Gudenkauf's books that I've read, and I think if I had children I'd be so disturbed that it would earn 5 stars from me. I'm not sure if this book was inspired by the two girls who claimed they tried to kill their friend because of Slenderman, but it's too similar a story to imagine that the author hadn't heard of the case. There are so many moving parts, so many twists and turns, but I thought I had outsmarted Heather and knew who was to blame long before the end of the book. Nope. I was wrong. I can usually predict the outcome of the mystery and thriller books I read quite easily, but this author always manages to surprise me.
This is an excellent audiobook. If you're considering reading this book, you need to check out the audio format....more
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