westernskynaida's Reviews (147)

This is a relatively short read. And I was somewhat worried when I started this because I’ve see. Such mixed reviews for this. I really enjoyed Mister Magic and I like amusement park horror/thrillers so figured with it being under 300 pages, it would be easy to read

There are 14 “main” characters and it may seem somewhat overwhelming but for how this book works, I feel that the description of the 14 fits and makes it easier to remember what each character’s “core” was

I actually really enjoyed the mystery of what the horror was, and there even seemed to be a bit of cosmic horror sewn into it

Honestly the fact that Linda sees the 14 as selfish, lazy and good for nothing really shows her disconnect with the people they had chose for the season. Each character, while yes chose to take the deal for their own reasons, they all (except maybe Jayden) had a good reason to have taken the deal. They want to make friends, maybe this’ll help me get a job, wanting to help the person they can’t help anymore. It’s really a sad irony being stuck so far in the past that she never really looked towards the younger generation

Wow um…yay commentary? Anyways, if you’re looking for a short read, I definitely recommend this

I didn’t think a horror book that dealt with haunted puppets and family trauma would make me cry, but I legit almost shed some tears at the end of this book

Some of the characters were insufferable at the beginning of the book, and I almost stopped because I didn’t want to read them anymore. But the more I read, the more I actually enjoyed the character

This is the second book by Hendrix that I’ve read, and he’s become of my favorites for horror. I’ve got a few more from him on my list and I’ll definitely read it after clearing my pallet with some other books

This picks up almost immediately after the first book. This has a little bit of a slow start, but the first one did as well. Once you hit the rhythm, things go fast

I enjoyed following the little ragtag group of people who helped Jane and Katherine on their journey. Some parts shocked me (I definitely gasped out loud a couple of times)

Definitely a good follow up to Dread Nation

I read this fairly quickly - which is nice because I’ve been on a big struggle bus for consistently reading the last few weeks

The science in this book isn’t hard to follow and makes sense for someone who really has no idea about quantum mechanics or astrophysics

There were some parts in this that made my heart just hurt but I highly recommend it to someone who may have heard about this book on social media

I will mention that I’m not going to go into plot points for this as I feel like you need to experience it yourself without too many precognitions

I’d heard good things about this book (and series) and I was finally able to read it thanks to a book club I’m in

The world-centric phrases were a bit hard to wrap my head around but I also liked that it wasn’t hard to follow. I’d love to get a glossary in a future book with some translation/context for some of the words

There were also a good handful of characters that I thought I’d have a hard time keeping track of, but it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be

All in all, a good start to this universe/series

I don’t have a lot to say about this, but I thought it was really good. The copy I had was just over 150 pages which was a nice short book for what I’ve been reading

I went into this mostly blind, which wasn’t bad but I probably should have looked it up a bit more than I originally had

The climax of the book was tense and made me feel stressed. I thought it was very well done

If you’re wanting a somewhat short book, older book I’d definitely recommend this

I’ll give this a number rating in the morning because I need to sleep on what to give it

Oh man, this book. This one is full of twists. Which isn’t a bad thing, but it definitely keeps you on your toes. I was really hopeful about this book but it’s definitely one that I’m not sure about

This book flips between a couple of narrators in present time, an unknown past narrator and periodic articles - which make an interesting break of all the drama. At one point I thought I needed a spreadsheet because of all the characters and connections

The reason I’m torn on this book is that while I loved the rapid succession of twists that happened, I’m also really annoyed. I feel the ending makes sense for all the characters (and is an interesting take on generational abuse), but I’m annoyed because some characters who I actually enjoyed got dealt a crappy card. Maybe I’m just bitter about it, but it’ll be the reason this isn’t given one of the higher numbers

All in all, if you’ve heard things and were recommended this book, I’d recommend reading it yourself

I was trying to figure out why I didn’t enjoy the ending for this book and my wife gave a very good reason for it. Unlike other books that have a whiplash of twists and turns, usually there is a sense of justice at the end. This one really didn’t have the justice for the characters I felt had a terrible card dealt - like George

I’m giving this just below a 5/5 because there were some unanswered questions - though I think those were left ambiguous on purpose. That might change as I sit on the ending, but need to think about it some before I decide if I put it at full 5

I really enjoyed this flipping between Alicia’s journal entries and Theo’s perspective. I feel it really helped to understand how Alicia worked before and after the events unfolded

One of my favorite psychological thrillers is Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane) and I really feel like this held up the suspense and the thriller aspect of things. I’d seen a lot of reviews/comments about this book having a twist and when people asked what kind they mostly just reply “you need to read it yourself” and I totally agree

Go into this as blind as you can, I think it helped the experience a lot

This was my first book by Kate Alice Marshall and I was pretty impressed. I know usually the books are YA, so I was pleasantly surprised at this being an adult fiction book

I kept some notes and I kind of called some of the twists, but wasn’t sure of how they were going to unfold

I read a quarter of this book in a sitting because I was hooked on the intense climax that was happening. It was also nice to try and piece together the mystery with Naomi

I really enjoyed this. Which is saying a lot because I loved 14. Though I think I liked this one more than 14

This book seems to throw you right into the weirdness. I feel like Mike as a narrator also really worked, which is surprising because most characters who have eidetic memory could be obnoxious but he was actually really likable and actually hated having the eidetic memory

I’ll probably read the other two books, but I’m not sure if I’ll read it in publication order or timeline order. But I liked this one a LOT