deadhighwaybooks's Reviews (646)

I found this book in a local used book store that I frequent. I was super excited to find one by this author, someone I haven’t yet had the chance of reading but have seen is a great writer.

Maybe I just got a weaker story.

I found this to be more dystopian than horror. Although not a bad book by any means, it wasn’t really what I was expecting. That being said let me explain

Keifer is unemployed and searching for a job while his girlfriend is away caring for her parents. He’s tech reliant like all of us are these days and keeps in touch with her through video chats. In his employment search he finds a book store, calls it, and speaks to the owner. Here we meet Brookes. Brookes is quite an odd ball. He’s paranoid and seems to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist. Brookes offers him a job and half of what he makes as compensation. He takes the job and then goes to retrieve his luggage in the train station but then quickly discovers his key to his girlfriends place is missing and now needs a place to stay. Brookes offers him a spot rent free, and here is where the story kicks in.

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this ending, although I did foresee this happening. Maybe a reread in the future will change my mind.

Amazing short

"...who can blame a man for running from his own nightmares?".

I saw this short and decided to check it out. Lately I am a huge fan of short stories from authors that I want to check out but tend to be long winded. I'm very glad I did read this because now I'm super excited to dive into McCammons full length works.

McCammon is detailed. Very detailed. And with horror the detailed writers seem to be my favorite. These authors tend to create lasting images in my mind that very seldom can I forget. Nightcrawlers is exactly like that.

I finally picked this one up after ogling it in the store for maybe a year. The illustrations are so dead on that I had to add a star to my rating, making it five star. As an artist myself I appreciated all of the illustrations in this one. The story was short and sweet, but still very detailed.

I definitely recommend this to anyone that wants a nice quick read with some art to enjoy.

So, this book drew me in fast and then spit me out at the end. It actually took me away from my phone and the amazing (eye roll) internet.

Let me say a few things, I love this guys style. What I loved about this book is that he took a very real problem and made it a campy horror story. That takes skill. I laughed a lot at this but also... he brings to light the horrors of social media addiction. People these days do a lot of the things that our star Kate Collins acts out in this book. Social media itself scares me with how people use it, how we get so hooked on it, and frustrates me into social media blackouts quite often. Reading this book made me feel like I’m not the only person that feels this way.

I definitely recommend this book to any millennial that doesn’t think they have an issue with social media. Or any millennial that does...

Incredible

This book blew me away. If you liked The Institute by Stephen King, you will absolutely love this book.

It follows a similar similar premise, but it's contains a lot more gore. And I mean a lot! Not to mention, I was completely satisfied by the ending and was prepared to give four stars to this rating, but that epilogue changes to a five star. I don't hand out five stars very often, but this blew me away!!

A little bit about the book...It follows the premise of a secret company that uses human subjects for torture in order to prevent horrific events from happening in the world. Stephen King has done it, Clive Barker has done it, and this guy has done it and deserves the same respect you would give Barker and King in the horror world.