03-05-2022, 08:27 AM
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
A straight up horror novel with a dash of science fiction thrown in for seasoning. Nate, Maddie, and Oliver move to upstate Pennsylvania into Nate's family home after Nate's father dies. Nate is against the move but they really don't have anywhere else to go after son Olly needs to move to different school. Nate's father was abusive. Maddie might have some powers. Olly definitely has some powers. They move into an area where a serial killer used to kill. Nate's dead worked death row when the prisoner vanished from the electric chair. Then there are the strange Ramble Rocks where bad things happen. Everything seemed very familiar like it was just a step off from stories that had been written before. And I'm might be losing my taste for horror novels. The blood and gore and murder and mayhem is just off putting now rather than scary.
It is well written but it seems very derivative except for the slight science fiction aspect at it's heart and that still wasn't too much of a change with all the talk of multiverses these days. And there were enough loose threads at the end to set up for more books in this world.
A straight up horror novel with a dash of science fiction thrown in for seasoning. Nate, Maddie, and Oliver move to upstate Pennsylvania into Nate's family home after Nate's father dies. Nate is against the move but they really don't have anywhere else to go after son Olly needs to move to different school. Nate's father was abusive. Maddie might have some powers. Olly definitely has some powers. They move into an area where a serial killer used to kill. Nate's dead worked death row when the prisoner vanished from the electric chair. Then there are the strange Ramble Rocks where bad things happen. Everything seemed very familiar like it was just a step off from stories that had been written before. And I'm might be losing my taste for horror novels. The blood and gore and murder and mayhem is just off putting now rather than scary.
It is well written but it seems very derivative except for the slight science fiction aspect at it's heart and that still wasn't too much of a change with all the talk of multiverses these days. And there were enough loose threads at the end to set up for more books in this world.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm