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Full collection review available on my blog, 29/04/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/04/29/the-black-stars-collection/
This was intense. I loved it a lot. It was a little hard to follow, but honestly to me that made it more atmospheric. I loved the included messages, and the way they became more pointed as the book progressed. The idea of the racist trinkets coming to life and sneaking out of stores and houses? Amazing. Creepy as hell, but amazing. It's ridiculous how many of these racist caricatures are still out there. I loved the way that the story was told, and the openendedness of the story. You're left to wonder what happens next on the precipice of a huge choice, and huge consequences and it really fired up my imagination.
This was intense. I loved it a lot. It was a little hard to follow, but honestly to me that made it more atmospheric. I loved the included messages, and the way they became more pointed as the book progressed. The idea of the racist trinkets coming to life and sneaking out of stores and houses? Amazing. Creepy as hell, but amazing. It's ridiculous how many of these racist caricatures are still out there. I loved the way that the story was told, and the openendedness of the story. You're left to wonder what happens next on the precipice of a huge choice, and huge consequences and it really fired up my imagination.
Full collection review available on my blog, 29/04/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/04/29/the-black-stars-collection/
I didn't get on with this one. I'm never a huge fan of delusion or aliens as a concept, and I feel like it didn't deliver on the concept enough. I didn't pick up half the points mentioned in the book description when I was reading it, however, the character voice was intense and overwhelming in a good way and the description of Grimace's homelessness (especially his hunger) was visceral and uncomfortable in its honesty.
I didn't get on with this one. I'm never a huge fan of delusion or aliens as a concept, and I feel like it didn't deliver on the concept enough. I didn't pick up half the points mentioned in the book description when I was reading it, however, the character voice was intense and overwhelming in a good way and the description of Grimace's homelessness (especially his hunger) was visceral and uncomfortable in its honesty.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
This was SO unnerving. I felt like I was being chased, somehow. I did not even slightly predict the ending, and was left waiting breathlessly (and stressfully) to find out what would happen. The manipulation and abuse made my skin crawl and I loved the tension that this book managed to create. It was a properly unnerving horror and perfectly paced for its short page count.
This was SO unnerving. I felt like I was being chased, somehow. I did not even slightly predict the ending, and was left waiting breathlessly (and stressfully) to find out what would happen. The manipulation and abuse made my skin crawl and I loved the tension that this book managed to create. It was a properly unnerving horror and perfectly paced for its short page count.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
This was like listening to a Goosebumps book, if Goosebumps books felt the compulsive need to reference Harry Potter in every third sentence. Not particularly scary, and not entertaining enough to make up for the repeated references - even if it wasn't Harry Potter it was referencing, it was overdone. The idea that kids could bring their imaginations into reality and would have to conquer them is interesting, but I didn't have fun with this one. It was very tonally different from the others in the collection.
This was like listening to a Goosebumps book, if Goosebumps books felt the compulsive need to reference Harry Potter in every third sentence. Not particularly scary, and not entertaining enough to make up for the repeated references - even if it wasn't Harry Potter it was referencing, it was overdone. The idea that kids could bring their imaginations into reality and would have to conquer them is interesting, but I didn't have fun with this one. It was very tonally different from the others in the collection.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
I loved this horrible story. My favourite kind of horror is when someone's past comes back to bite them, and the dual timelines in this novella worked really well. We saw present day Amanda, preparing for Halloween and trying to make sure her daughter still gets her father's Halloween traditions. We also saw Amanda as a child, on the night that the Hannah-Beast legend was born. This story really drew out the horrors of humanity, the things people can do and the secrets they can keep, with a sharp as a whip ending that made my heart and my stomach lurch.
I loved this horrible story. My favourite kind of horror is when someone's past comes back to bite them, and the dual timelines in this novella worked really well. We saw present day Amanda, preparing for Halloween and trying to make sure her daughter still gets her father's Halloween traditions. We also saw Amanda as a child, on the night that the Hannah-Beast legend was born. This story really drew out the horrors of humanity, the things people can do and the secrets they can keep, with a sharp as a whip ending that made my heart and my stomach lurch.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
This story was wild. It was longer than most of the other Audible Original Stories I've read, and it started off a little slow. When it picked up, though, it picked the hell up. To start with, this was a quiet story of a girl going through puberty and dealing with her father leaving. She took solace in the feral cats nearby as her stepfather turned from doting to grooming, and as one of the kittens followed her home, they brought her strength too. This was a slow and creepy kind of story, and seeing everything from Mia's perspective only made it more so as our unreliable narrator showed us what she was seeing as her whole world changed. By the end, I was rooting for Mia and Miao Dao and the latter's vicious protectiveness.
This story was wild. It was longer than most of the other Audible Original Stories I've read, and it started off a little slow. When it picked up, though, it picked the hell up. To start with, this was a quiet story of a girl going through puberty and dealing with her father leaving. She took solace in the feral cats nearby as her stepfather turned from doting to grooming, and as one of the kittens followed her home, they brought her strength too. This was a slow and creepy kind of story, and seeing everything from Mia's perspective only made it more so as our unreliable narrator showed us what she was seeing as her whole world changed. By the end, I was rooting for Mia and Miao Dao and the latter's vicious protectiveness.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
So tired of books referencing Harry Potter. Also pretty tired of reading about middle-aged men who cheat on their wives and talk about how much their lives suck. The only time that I thought this book was getting interesting - it was a dream. It's literally just an hour and ten minutes of Reginald whining about everything in his life and doing nothing about it. A horror book isn't really working for me if I'm just waiting impatiently for him to get wrecked. He brought his own comeuppance on himself and deserved worse than he got.
So tired of books referencing Harry Potter. Also pretty tired of reading about middle-aged men who cheat on their wives and talk about how much their lives suck. The only time that I thought this book was getting interesting - it was a dream. It's literally just an hour and ten minutes of Reginald whining about everything in his life and doing nothing about it. A horror book isn't really working for me if I'm just waiting impatiently for him to get wrecked. He brought his own comeuppance on himself and deserved worse than he got.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
I absolutely love freaky haunted house stories, and this one was spectacular. The way that it unfolds had me on the edge of my seat. The slow, creeping progression of the things Ana is experiencing is fantastic and really chilling and I absolutely loved the jolt of fear the ending gave me. I would absolutely read a whole length novel about the house on Oak Avenue, without hesitation, and I'll be looking for more of Brandi Reeds' horror in future.
I absolutely love freaky haunted house stories, and this one was spectacular. The way that it unfolds had me on the edge of my seat. The slow, creeping progression of the things Ana is experiencing is fantastic and really chilling and I absolutely loved the jolt of fear the ending gave me. I would absolutely read a whole length novel about the house on Oak Avenue, without hesitation, and I'll be looking for more of Brandi Reeds' horror in future.
Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection
This was not what I was expecting. The ending was a bit much for me, and it felt more psychological thriller than real horror - I couldn't really see this as fitting the idea of something in the shadows - but it was an interesting short read. It definitely would have seemed weaker if it was any longer, and it lacked a bit of explanation about the early sessions of the remedy. The final reveal didn't really explain enough for me. But the writing was well done and easy to listen to.
This was not what I was expecting. The ending was a bit much for me, and it felt more psychological thriller than real horror - I couldn't really see this as fitting the idea of something in the shadows - but it was an interesting short read. It definitely would have seemed weaker if it was any longer, and it lacked a bit of explanation about the early sessions of the remedy. The final reveal didn't really explain enough for me. But the writing was well done and easy to listen to.
Full collection review available on my blog, 09/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/09/the-hush-collection
This was kind of weird. It was a political type thriller and I think that this would have worked a lot better in a longer piece of fiction - though that being said, if it was longer I probably wouldn’t have read it. The concept was good and it was decently written, but I didn’t really enjoy it that much. It’s not really my kind of story, I think.
This was kind of weird. It was a political type thriller and I think that this would have worked a lot better in a longer piece of fiction - though that being said, if it was longer I probably wouldn’t have read it. The concept was good and it was decently written, but I didn’t really enjoy it that much. It’s not really my kind of story, I think.