American Elsewhere: A Scattershot Horror Tome
American Elsewhere resists review—because it’s massive. The paperback is 662 pages. That’s Stephen King tome levels. That’s epic fantasy size.
Category: Books
It Came From The Archives “Rules for Vanishing: Not The Novel You’d Expect”
Rules for Vanishing is such a different book from anything we’ve reviewed on the site in a long time. It’s a dark medley of The Wizard of Oz, Lovecraftian Horror, and The Blair Witch Project.
Black Tide: A Self-Contained Apocalypse
Black Tide was a different sort of book than I expected. The premise of a cosmic horror-style alien invasion was interesting by itself, but Black Tide marks the first “bottle episode” book I’ve ever read.
What We Harvest: Reinventing Zombie Horror
What We Harvest wasn’t what I thought it would be. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I just hadn’t expected a zombie story. The synopsis suggested creeping slime.
The Nothing That Is: The Scariest Book I’ve Read
The Nothing That Is sits on the list of books I’ve reviewed that scared me. Only certain scenes in The Twisted Ones, The Night Will Find Us, and some Fazbear Frights moments caused similar reactions in recent memory. Since I finished listening to The Magnus Archives, it takes a lot.
The Twisted Ones: Slow-Burn Nightmare
I wish I had more nice things to say about The Twisted Ones. Given how impressed I was with The Hollow Places, I expected another creative cosmic horror with a breezy pace. And while I will ultimately have several nice things to say about the book, it’s a step down in quality.
40+: Short, Clever, and Flawed
40+ is a novella with a powerful hook but is hampered by a few things, including how short it is. It would be easy to imagine it expanded into a larger novel, detailing both the world as it was and how the change affected it.
Fazbear Frights Review: Book #12: Felix the Shark
We’ve arrived at the final Fazbear Frights book. This digital-only (at least at the time of writing) novella ends our little odyssey into the series, with only the police bonus stuff to explore.
The Night Will Find Us: Slowly Keeps Improving
My initial interest in reading The Night Will Find Us was because it appeared to be a classic “friends camping” horror story with a heap of cosmic horror on top. And I got what I wanted. Those two things are a big part of the story.
Wilder Girls: A Strong Story Lacking Something
Wilder Girls is missing several things. The book has a lot of truly impressive aspects to it, and a heck of a hook—but doesn’t play with its toys nearly enough.
It Came From The Archives! “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children: A Slightly Less Peculiar Review Of The First Book”
(A blast from the past. This peculiar series was both very in step with the popular books of the time and yet unlike them. If you haven’t read it, here’s an old review of the first book. – Brandon Scott) Originally Published: September 16th, 2019 Miss Peregrine’s: A Peculiar Hit Of A Book My initial…
The Between: A Cool Premise Dragged Down
The Between is a novel of interesting ideas, but sloppy execution.
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