4.5 rolled up to 5
I read this with a lump in my throat....literally. This is a horror story you know and I really enjoyed it, way more than I thought I would...
Laterwas fast paced, direct, and had the throw backs to some of my favorite writings by King. I really enjoyed the way Jamie unravelled the story to us. It called back to Bill from IT and the way he told us the story of what happened that summer. For Jamie he's starting in the Later and goes all the way back to the Then to put a thorough explanation out there for the reader, and the build up that creates is explosive.
Thank you Rowynn... ☺
I thank you for the heart ache... This story o my gerdness, these two... I'm speechless.
I love a good friends to lovers story, and the character arc was lovely. It had a bit more spo2ce than I was anticipating but I mean... I could never pass on a book with a cover like this one.
And just for the record...following your heart is never wrong guys.
Complicated review. In the begining there was this sense of a gothic horror, girl descending into madness... Like Haunting of Hill House or The Yellow Wallpaper (both amazing)... But after a while the blog posts, interview and cinematic outline of the “possession” ruins it. Its repetative and takes away from Merry's story, which is genuinely horrifying! Had he reformatted this story it could have been amazing.
(Otherwise I'm seriously curious about the short story called the Growing Things, and if its in his short story collection of the same name...hmm.)