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dbguide2 's review for:
There's No Way I'd Die First
by Lisa Springer
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-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
This was such a wild ride and I hung on for dear life and enjoyed every minute. I could definitely see that Springer is a fan of the horror genre. I could see a lot of influences from the different movies in the book – which I really liked to see.
The plot was good, obviously very fast paced as this is a slasher book – I think the slasher genre is always faster than other horror subgenres. You can have slower horror, especially if it’s more cerebral. But generally I prefer a fast-paced horror film. Slashers work well then!
Not to brag or anything (she says while preparing to brag) but I predicted something correctly! Obviously, I can’t tell you (unless you’ve read this too then we can talk about it) and also this isn’t to say “oh the author isn’t good if the reader can predict something correctly” – my predictions are like 50/50 and it’s all good fun. But also that’s something I love about the horror genre – there’s always a lot of places for you to predict. Especially in slashers because there is always the mystery of who the killer is and why they’re after the main characters. And I love that! I love solving the mysteries, learning any secrets about the characters and trying to figure it out (the mystery/killer).
Springer wrote the death scenes so well! Gruesome, even for a YA, and I loved it! How do I say I love death scenes… without saying I love reading people die? 😂 Anyway! As I keep saying I can see that Springer loves the horror genre and it’s extremely visible in the death scenes.
She created characters that weren’t just the standard main characters in horror. They were well-fleshed out and I started to care for them even though, unfortunately, some/most of them were going to die. Good characters in a horror book is important because you want them to survive, you want them to solve the mystery.
Noelle was a great main character to follow because she’s such a big horror fan and I think I liked her almost immediately. She’s a strong character who takes charge – not because she has to but because she needs to, because she knows the best way to get out of this alive. She leaned on her horror movie knowledge to help her – I would do the same, after screaming, I think.
It was a fast read (might’ve said that already) and I really liked that. That was definitely due to Springer’s writing – the easy way of it and how that transferred to easy reading. And I enjoyed it all so much! I can’t see what else Springer has up her sleeve!
The plot was good, obviously very fast paced as this is a slasher book – I think the slasher genre is always faster than other horror subgenres. You can have slower horror, especially if it’s more cerebral. But generally I prefer a fast-paced horror film. Slashers work well then!
Not to brag or anything (she says while preparing to brag) but I predicted something correctly! Obviously, I can’t tell you (unless you’ve read this too then we can talk about it) and also this isn’t to say “oh the author isn’t good if the reader can predict something correctly” – my predictions are like 50/50 and it’s all good fun. But also that’s something I love about the horror genre – there’s always a lot of places for you to predict. Especially in slashers because there is always the mystery of who the killer is and why they’re after the main characters. And I love that! I love solving the mysteries, learning any secrets about the characters and trying to figure it out (the mystery/killer).
Springer wrote the death scenes so well! Gruesome, even for a YA, and I loved it! How do I say I love death scenes… without saying I love reading people die? 😂 Anyway! As I keep saying I can see that Springer loves the horror genre and it’s extremely visible in the death scenes.
She created characters that weren’t just the standard main characters in horror. They were well-fleshed out and I started to care for them even though, unfortunately, some/most of them were going to die. Good characters in a horror book is important because you want them to survive, you want them to solve the mystery.
Noelle was a great main character to follow because she’s such a big horror fan and I think I liked her almost immediately. She’s a strong character who takes charge – not because she has to but because she needs to, because she knows the best way to get out of this alive. She leaned on her horror movie knowledge to help her – I would do the same, after screaming, I think.
It was a fast read (might’ve said that already) and I really liked that. That was definitely due to Springer’s writing – the easy way of it and how that transferred to easy reading. And I enjoyed it all so much! I can’t see what else Springer has up her sleeve!