TBR & Tangents by Rachel

This is horror like I have never read before, and I recommend giving it a try.

I really thought the plot was going one way, but it really took a 180-degree turn. I will be honest; I was unsure of it up until about 75% of the way through. But I report that it worked out for the better and even wrapped up to a completed ending My advice for reading this: don’t be stuck on the initial way the plot comes across and keep an open mind!

Though this is tagged as horror it felt more like a thriller with extra gore. This was not ideal since in this case I was expecting a horror (Halloween month and all). The horror is gore and very light scares. Nothing more and nothing less. If we change gears and look at it as a paranormal thriller it was decent. I don’t know if there is a true phrase for this, but to me I consider this high intelligence thriller/horror. There is a lot of philosophy and cult religion going on in the background and can easily become confusing if you aren’t keeping a close tab on it. I don’t hate it but I am realizing that I don’t prefer it either.

This is multi-pov which worked out well. (I guess I don’t hate it as much as I used to) I liked that we got inner monologue from both the protagonist and antagonist, more than one of them actually. I don’t often see this and ended up really liking it. There is a ton of emotion and processing of emotion, both the outwardly and inner process of doing so. I also enjoyed this and thought it gave a sense of humanness to the story.