Okay. To be honest, this book should’ve been released about 3-4 years before it was actually released (2018). The main plus for this book is its multiple story telling versions (journal entry, text/chat, voice recordings, reddit posts, police recordings, newspaper articles). That was what actually drew me into the book and made me want to buy it.

In saying that, there’s a lot of downsides to this novel. Firstly, it’s written like an adult trying to write like a teen. I though the main character was initially 15 (mainly from writing style), but turns out he’s around 17-18. There was also glaring plot mistakes (characters being introduced out of nowhere, mistakes on time like saying six months in a headline, but then it actually being a year, etc.). I also found that since the big Slender Man craze died out 4 years ago, it didn’t pack as much of a punch as it could’ve. There was some really good story moments (the whole passage about the snow for instance), but overall this isn’t a book that will keep you up at night.

I also don’t know if this is supposed to be YA Horror or just horror in general. The bookshop that I bought it from placed it under Horror, although I believe it should go under YA Horror.