Last Days
Ratings29
Average rating3.6
The author tends to spend too much time over explaining things which causes the book to drag in places but over all the premise was amazing.
Truly frightening. This novel has now become my most favorite horror novel to date.
The premise is great. Execution, not so much... Half of the book is the writer explaining about managing cameras and lighting, and the other half is 3 sentences repeated ad nosium in slightly different ways.
For me, it wasn't scary, not even the slightest.
Last Days are full of filler, boring, and unfortunately disappointing.
I'm very divided on this one. I'm rating it a three, as the average of maybe a four for ideas and a two for execution. The core concept of the book is solid, I dug the framing device of making a documentary, the use of a sixties slash seventies cult gave me oddly nostalgic vibes, the old friends are awesomely creepy, and the bits where the characters encounter them are satisfyingly scary. Unfortunately, though, actually reading it is a bit of a slog. I think there are just too many repeated beats. Kyle and Dan travel to a new location, interview an ex-cultist, learn essentially the same information, encounter disturbing signs that they aren't alone, argue about whether to continue working on the documentary, then Kyle gets attacked at night, over and over. There's very little forward momentum until maybe three quarters of the way through the book.
Also, at one point, an American character refers to a flashlight as a torch. Unforgivable.
The beginning of this was pretty good, I was enjoying it a lot. But I think the story got away from him in the second half. I'd be extremely surprised if he actually outlined or plotted this book at all.
He just made it bigger than he needed to which really hurt pacing and satisfaction.
Great idea, solid start, terrible forced ending filled with needless info dumps.
Not sure if I'll try more of his or not.
I loved this book, even though it scared the hell out of me. Seriously. I was reading it on kindle with the lights off and had to switch them back on. A truly creepy but highly enjoyable book, a story that lingers in your memory long after you have turned the final page. Read it, if you dare.