Clown in a Cornfield

This is the slasher I've been wanting! Quinn and her father move to a small midwest town from Philadelphia for a fresh start. They end up moving to a town that is at war. The young and the old are at odds but to an excessive degree. As the tag line says “The kids are not alright”.

I think I'm lucky - I'm at the age where I grew up without having a computer or internet connection in my home because it wasn't that common (unless you were the cool house) but it was available so I had more access to information than my parents had. I didn't have a smart phone until I was an adult, but I remember going to my friends house to chat on AIM in middle school and then check my MySpace in high school. So I can see how abnoxious how important technology is to kids these days is but am also an adult that relies on it every single day. I've also rolled my eyes and thought “Okay, Boomer” multiple times in my life. For a war on the young and the old I'd be right in the middle, but this book makes you pick a side. And by the end there's a clear good or bad side that may not be so clear in the beginning.

I did a tandem read/listen to this book and I flew through it. If you don't include my time on vacation I finished this in a day and half. The writing is entertaining and very easy to read. The slasher aspects of it, even though it's a YA book, did not disappoint. It's gory and it's graphic. There's chainsaws, knives, bows, and the less exciting but still violent guns.

I highly recommend those that are slasher fans (both young and old). If you're an audiobook fan I highly recommend the audiobook - the narrator was great.