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Horror Month 2023: #3

Last Days by Adam Nevill

October 9, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

This is a book that shouldn’t have worked for me. There’s little characterization and what is there made the MC come off as an insufferable prig. The book follows a formula of the film crew going to one location, talking to someone attached to the cult, being spooked out by the house on location…and then moving on and doing the same thing over-and-over. The scares themselves are of that jumpscare variety that’s never been my kind of horror. And it takes 531 pages to get […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, Adam Nevill, cult, horror, last days, occult

Jake's CBR15 Review No:145 · Genres: Horror · Tags: #fantasy, Adam Nevill, cult, horror, last days, occult ·
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Some Will Not Sleep – like me!

June 20, 2017 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

From the author, on the title: The title of the collection was inspired by the First Epistle of Corinthians (15:5), written by Paul the Apostle: “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed”. As with much of the bible, there are multiple interpretations of the meaning in this statement. But there are several interpretations of the title of this book too. Some within it do not sleep, some who read it may not sleep, and he who wrote it often doesn’t sleep. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Adam Nevill, don't read at night, horror

kfishgirl's CBR9 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: Adam Nevill, don't read at night, horror ·
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