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So I think I read about this on Reddit and reluctantly tried it out (I’m a little snobby about writers and the author’s bio as a ren fair actor was a big red flag) and I’m a huge, huge fan.  
 

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It’s basically a Ridley Scott film made into a book with heavy theological horror (very Catholic) and very well placed in history (post battle of a Crecy and during the plagues).  I would think anyone that enjoys Game of Thrones but would something more in the horror genre would enjoy it.  

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On 1/21/2023 at 9:10 PM, Duane Moore said:

Read this recently as well. Very good. Just finished this one:

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So I just finished this one, same author:

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The set up is fantastic-American couple buys an old house in a small, Sicilian mountain town with the intention of making a semi-permanent move.  Unbeknownst to them, the house was previously owned by the Catholic Church and who had used it for predictable reasons.  
 

Unfortunately, that’s about as far as I can recommend it.  It might be that I’m just spoiled by better writers, but the dialogue read like a high schoolers attempt at his first book; unlikeable protagonists, plot holes galore and the mythology goes mostly unexplored (and not in a good, “it’s better left to the imagination” way).  
 

That said, it’s the kind of book that could adapt easily to film and there would be the opportunity to correct most of the weaknesses.  It also wouldn’t shock me if started out as a screenplay.  

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I just finished Brother by Ania Ahlborn. 

This book got a lot of hype in social media. It was okay. I guess I was expecting a lot more. It's got a good plot that keeps you turning pages, the writing is okay but the character development could have been better.

It's about a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-type family in Appalachia, told from the perspective of the family members, two of the brothers in particular. One of the brothers isn't particularly jazzed about the family "hobby" of killing and dismembering women, and the other brother is a pure psychopath.

A lot of the gore happens off screen, so to speak or is alluded to you so it's not particularly gory although there's some of that.

The atmosphere is totally bleak. 

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There is a twist toward the end that is so incredibly obvious that anyone of average intelligence or above will be able to guess it.

 

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First of all I really appreciate all the recommendations. I'm enjoying diving into this genre that is relatively new to me.

On 11/20/2024 at 8:18 PM, Coach pop a bitch said:

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This guy is a terrible writer. The plot and story are good but all his characters are cliches. You have a soulful native American quaker who speaks as if he's reciting parables. At one point he says "I have violence in my hands but peace in my heart".

And Wendig writes like a 14 year old girl. I had to check to see if "Chuck" Wendig was a young woman, but no he's a middle aged dude. It's like if "how do you do fellow kids" were an author.

And he does this thing where he writes people's secret thoughts in parentheses. It's annoying and amateurish.

Regardless, there's sufficient gore and the story is good. It's a unique concept about evil apples affecting the people who eat them and the repercussions. If you can power through the cringe, and there's a lot of cringe, it's not bad.

On 2/12/2023 at 1:30 AM, Coach pop a bitch said:

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He's a much better writer than Wendig. Still, I found the characters were sort of weak. I think that's normal for genre fiction. Not scary but really creepy. It's a great concept, a guy retelling stories from his childhood. Each chapter you think you're reading a normal story until you get to the last couples sentence and it sheds new light on the memory that makes it extremely creepy. It's well executed.

Next I'm gonna try to get my hands on Between Two Fires.

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