Kyra

4.5 Carrie was definitely written differently than what I had expect based on watching the movie a years ago. But it was a good difference, I liked the way it was formatted and even though not all the characters were likeable reading from the different POVs was the easy and interesting. It's a type of book that makes you think I love stories filled with morally ambiguous characters, or villain la you feels bad for. So great read, however Mr.King sometimes over describes things that have no point, and seems to have a weird like for descriptions of women's boob sizes, which was weird and definitely took me out of it.

"The Atlas of Hell" 4/5

I really loved this one found it to be a kind of horror comedy which I could easily see playing out well on the screen. The characters all felt a little goofy and like caricatures but in a very loveable way.

"The Diabolist" 5/5

Probably the only one that I felt was actually really creepy and worked so well as short story, it didn't need more or less, it was weird and off putting in all the right ways.

"Skullpocket" 4.5/5

A weird story that also had a weird sense of charm to it, that also reminds me why I typically don't like shorter stories as I wanted so much more, it was over to quick and I was stuck wanting more from this weird little world.

"The Maw" 1/5

My least favorite, jumping between the two perspectives was a bit much, and overall just felt like it had no real structure.

"The Visible Filth"4/5

Very much had a blumhouse vibe to it, and I can see it as one of those horror movies with a bunch of dumb 20 somethings getting into stuff they shouldn't. Not horrible, enjoyable in some spots but nothing special.

"The Butcher's Table"3/5

Rather than not being enough this one felt almost like it had to much, it either needed to be a longer novel or need to have some stuff cut out, I didn't find the characters memorable or interesting, which was sad cause there was definitely something interersting there with the whole idea of the cults.

I kept putting off reading this book and now I don't why, this was a fantastic book. The story was haunting in the fact that it really felt like a story you could read about. Even though some of the characters were a little over the top, it still had a grounded feel that leaned it to feeling mor elikie a real story. It is an interesting look at what types of things can happen when young people are alone and affraid. The only bit I wasn't as big a fan of some of the emphasis on lack of technology being a culprit cause it felt a bit like boomer yelling for you to get off your phone. But overall was a very enjoyable book.

One of my favourite parts of the Darcy Coates I've read so far including this is that you can't tell right away if the monsters in them are real monsters or people playing at monsters.

The characters were very vanilla every man type or characters nothing to really write home about and the setting was also average, and yet it was such and enjoyable read, you see the danger the characters are walking into and so after every page you keep going waiting to see how they react to whats coming next. Feels like a story that would make an great spooky horror movie or even a cool short series, so highly recommened !

This is one of those books where I did like the build up of the story and thought it was going in a really interesting direction for like the first 80-90% and then just found its last bit kinda boring.