Joey Comeau

I loved this book! The story sucked me in right from the beginning and I couldn't stop reading. The following sentences aren't really spoilers. It's not a secret at all who the killer is, but if you don't want to know beforehand you may want to stop reading.

I loved that Father Tony was so unapologetically committed to what he was doing. He had character and just the right amount of crazy. It's always super annoying (in books, and movies too) when the killer talks too much and you almost get the feeling that they're not really fully committed to this whole killer thing. You also never find out why Tony is killing kids and councilors, but I think the best slashers don't have a reason. Or the reason is simply because they want to. Or just because they can, so why not?
The emails from Martin's mom that are peppered throughout the novel are strange and I didn't quite 'get' them. I'm not sure what their purpose was, unless it was just to break up the narrative at the camp so it didn't become monotonous.
Overall, very well done slasher with an awesomely demented killer.… (más)