Gallery Books The Troop

The Troop är galet bra. Trots dess sjuka scener som ibland känns onödigt groteska är den omöjlig att sluta läsa. Psykopatkaraktären Shelley är involverad i de absolut värsta, och han är verkligen den som höjer boken flera nivåer. Fantastisk.

A lire en anglais pour se perfectionner ou en français pour le plaisir

Before reading this book, I read The Deep by the same author. While I thought that book was okay, I actually really enjoyed this book. Reading this during a time of screw worms and cyclospora outbreaks is just wild lol. This book was very well written and kept my interest so that I hardly wanted to put it down! I thought it had a good ending and overall I was satisfied with the pacing, character development, and storyline.

Great

I've been reading a lot of horror / thriller novels lately, it's my current hyperfixation. I've got a number about contagion that are really good, and the topic doesn't usually hit me very hard thanks to the zombie craze of the 2010s that desensitized me... But this book unsettles me so hard, I currently have to take a break and read a "lighter" book to recenter myself lol. There's only one book I never finished because it messed with my head so badly - Uzumaki by Itou Junji - but this is getting there very fast, and I mean that in a good way. It's well written, it strikes just the right tone to get into your head and cause anxiety, and just built up really well into the conflict that I physically felt the fear settle into me. Maybe it's the setting - I live in Canada and I love books that are set here. It feels more "close to home," and like it could actually happen. Maybe it's seeing an adult acting out of such deep fear that even kids can see it, and feel the need to start taking matters into their own hands. Maybe it's the mix of news articles and evidence peppered between the chapters to add just enough context and side information for you to realize - these characters are super realized and very believable, they could step off the page and bring their terror with them. As I mentioned, I haven't finished it, so maybe that will change (I read some of the reviews here), but I'm excited / scared to keep reading when I'm able to handle the next ten chapters.