I wish there were at least 5 more pages to the resolve. Leaving things to the readers brain is always a favorite of mine. Dont spoon feed me, and dont explain everything away. This is a deep story with super weird elements. There were some nice spooky moments, and I liked that Thiago wouldn't just take things for face value. If you liked the tone of Our Share of Night, then you'll like this one too. ( )

This book made me almost weep in public. It was creepy and dreadful. The characters were realistic, people you connected with. Their suffering and struggles sucked you in. It was a painful read. 10/10 ( )

An unsettling little horror that not only deals with supernatural and surreal happenings, but with the aftershocks of trauma and loss.

It's hard to describe this novel as anything other than a mix between Stephen King's early books (think The Shining-meets-Cujo-meets-Pet Semetary) and The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. I appreciated how the narrative was written as a monologue Theigo's wife, Vera, which adds to the novel's intensity and eeriness. For being a horror, it's an oddly emotional read that leaves you a bit heartbroken and uneasy. ( )

Very gory book that wild work better as a film but is still great. Arthouse horror in book form.


[Trigger Warnings below]
Lots of dog death that is very gruesomely described. ( )

That was so strange. And creepy. And then my daughter told me her Alexa told her a joke without being asked this morning so now we're looking for an exorcist. ( )

Whoa, this is other level creepfest. Big nods to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary and The Shining (both faves) as well as 2001 Space Odyssey and even a little bit of The Exorcist. Net is: this book is flipping scary. I actually felt paranoid in my bed after reading and then found myself up at 5am to get back to it because it was making my head buzz so much. I’m still thinking about it and wondering what the heck it all was. Highly recommend to any true horror fan out there that likes freaky stories. And also the cover art is FANTASTIC! ( )

no clue what it was about but i enjoyed the experience and the atmosphere. not a fan of the last 10%. love the writting and the audiobook was great too ( )

What starts as an eerie story in the vein of Black Mirror evolves into something nightmarish, brutal, and unforgiving.

A terrifically written story with some nasty edges to it. ( )

Very good! I listened to this and thought the reader was excellent. I loved how the narrative reads like a letter to his wife. Very gripping and I felt it was unique even though some readers may not agree. I read a lot of horror and couldn’t predict it which made it compelling. Not sure I understood the ending though and didn’t feel like I walked away with an explanation to it al. I may need to reread it. ( )

3.0

This was recommended to me via the Book Riots Tailored Book Recommendations.

I'm not sure about this one. It is well written, and highly quotable. It is a moving and unambiguous portrait of grief. Culturally I was able to relate to it.

It's weird. I usually like weird, but this one didn't do it for me. The weird seemed a bit too fanciful and contrived. The horror didn't really grip me. This is one I'll remember for its depiction of grief, putting so much in words that just seem hard to express when you are deeply entrenched in it. The movement of plot however, is fairly forgetable. Still, I can say I'm Glas I read this. I did take a lot away from it.

**trigger for animal cruelty ** ( )

The best contemporary horror I've read since Sara Gran's 'Come Closer', which I was tickled to see the author call out as an influence in his acknowledgements. He's not quite there yet, but I'm seeing flashes of Stephen King at his peak in this. I was spooked! My TV randomly turned itself on while I was reading this and I just about had a heart attack. Thrilled to have discovered Gus Moreno and am highly anticipating what he does next! ( )

This book is really well written but I was expecting something totally different. I thought this was going to be more about possessed technology and for that reason, I think I felt disappointed. I trudged through it after the first 2 chapters. ( )

I don't feel like this one ever quite decided what it was about. But then, this could also be related to my recent habit of defaulting to assuming a first-person narrator is suffering from psychosis when weird things happen to them. Maybe I'm stuck in a particular perspective that keeps me from seeing other interpretations of a novel. ( )

Really imaginative, creepy, suspenseful horror. It's got a bit of everything: ghosts, possession, zombies (people and dogs), rogue technology, creepy woods, folklore, cosmic angst, nightmares, mindfuckery, insanity. And it's short! I could not stop reading it. The ending was... not sure exactly what happened there, but I liked it. I will be watching for more from this author. ( )