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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
4.0
<b>Read Completed 9/14/24 |</b> 4 stars
I'm glad I read this! This definitely will not be for everyone, and it was a little weird for me too, but it was one of those book that I just couldn't put down. Apparently book series/ TV show / movie / video game with a mysterious cult following is my new favorite micro trope and this just really hit the spot.
I just really loved the vibe here. There's a lot of mystery, folklore, conjecture, and scandal surrounding an old 90s movie simply called "Horror Movie" because it was never released. The book is told from the "last man standing" from the movie, the guy who played The Thin Kid... and I love that I noticed we never get this guy's name. Just like the creators and writers don't want anyone to know the name or face of The Thin Kid in the Horror Movie, we never find out the name of the narrator here.
The book is weird, I'll give you that. There are some times when my face was 100% grotesque listening to some of these scenes on the audiobook. There's some messed up stuff that happens in a way that was not even just gross or creepy but like... wow, this author did indeed write that. The Narrator sure is one weird dude too. In the beginning, he's just a little odd but as he tells us more of the story, and naturally, things escalate at the end. The ending is certainly something that I won't forget, but I also wanted just one more bang, somehow. I wouldn't say it was ambiguous but I don't know... there was just something missing for me.
The book was also an interesting kind of mixed media. On audio, we got a full cast since we also get pieces of the movie within the book. There's a read of the screen play by one narrator that morphs into the actors in the movie into full cast mode and it rotates back to The Narrator telling the story.
This book probably would have gotten a full five stars from me if I didn't think some parts of it were a little hard to follow. I was a tiny bit confused on some of the things happening in the movie and the choices made there, but others slotted right into that perfect nook of weird and creepy. Because of some of the pure oddity, I just felt like I was missing things that were important instead of being full immersed.
This is a funny little horror story that people will absolutely, 100% hate and other people will become a part of the book's cult following like the movie. I wish I was head-over-heels for it, but it will definitely be one of the more memorable reads of the year, even if it's not going to be a favorite.
I'm glad I read this! This definitely will not be for everyone, and it was a little weird for me too, but it was one of those book that I just couldn't put down. Apparently book series/ TV show / movie / video game with a mysterious cult following is my new favorite micro trope and this just really hit the spot.
I just really loved the vibe here. There's a lot of mystery, folklore, conjecture, and scandal surrounding an old 90s movie simply called "Horror Movie" because it was never released. The book is told from the "last man standing" from the movie, the guy who played The Thin Kid... and I love that I noticed we never get this guy's name. Just like the creators and writers don't want anyone to know the name or face of The Thin Kid in the Horror Movie, we never find out the name of the narrator here.
The book is weird, I'll give you that. There are some times when my face was 100% grotesque listening to some of these scenes on the audiobook. There's some messed up stuff that happens in a way that was not even just gross or creepy but like... wow, this author did indeed write that. The Narrator sure is one weird dude too. In the beginning, he's just a little odd but as he tells us more of the story, and naturally, things escalate at the end. The ending is certainly something that I won't forget, but I also wanted just one more bang, somehow. I wouldn't say it was ambiguous but I don't know... there was just something missing for me.
The book was also an interesting kind of mixed media. On audio, we got a full cast since we also get pieces of the movie within the book. There's a read of the screen play by one narrator that morphs into the actors in the movie into full cast mode and it rotates back to The Narrator telling the story.
This book probably would have gotten a full five stars from me if I didn't think some parts of it were a little hard to follow. I was a tiny bit confused on some of the things happening in the movie and the choices made there, but others slotted right into that perfect nook of weird and creepy. Because of some of the pure oddity, I just felt like I was missing things that were important instead of being full immersed.
This is a funny little horror story that people will absolutely, 100% hate and other people will become a part of the book's cult following like the movie. I wish I was head-over-heels for it, but it will definitely be one of the more memorable reads of the year, even if it's not going to be a favorite.