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My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
4.5
funny sad tense

I enjoyed this one! It very much feels like a literary sibling to the other book of SGJ’s I’ve read so far, Night of the Mannequins.  Like NotM, I spent a lot of the time unsure how much of what this disturbed kid was experiencing was real, and it very much kept me engaged and along for the ride. SGJ clearly loves horror movies, and if you’re a fan of Scream in particular, I think you’d get a kick out of the references to it (and the red herrings the MC ignores despite mentioning the film so much!) I’m excited to check out the sequel coming out soon!