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“The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.”

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

December 13, 2019 by LadyStardust Leave a Comment

The best horror stories are already frightening before the monsters even show up. The doomed Donner Party has always been the quintessential example of the harsh realities for pioneers trekking West to the promise of California, and most already know the tragedy awaiting the group at the center of The Hunger. While bringing their wagon train across the country to find new fortunes, the infamous Donner Party made many key mistakes, and found themselves staring down the barrel of the harshest conditions the West had […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror Tagged With: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party

LadyStardust's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror · Tags: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party ·
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When Uncle Stevie tells us that a book is scary, we should most definitely listen. #CBR10Bingo

August 19, 2018 by scootsa1000 5 Comments

I’ve been away on vacation (or a series of vacations) for a little over a month, and have a large stack of books to review. But this one had to be first. The quiet horror of it will last with me for a long time. I first heard about The Hunger from Stephen King, who tweeted about it in March: THE HUNGER, by Alma Katsu: Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark. Of course, that shot it up to the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #CBR10, alma katsu, Birthday!, cbr10bingo, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, the donner party, the hunger

scootsa1000's CBR10 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: #CBR10, alma katsu, Birthday!, cbr10bingo, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, the donner party, the hunger ·
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