Why did this book creep me out so much?

Horror doesn’t usually leave me peering around empty corridors and shuffling quickly to the safety of my room, but something about how eerie Starling made every closed door imbedded under my skin. Maybe it’s the pain meds talking but I was easily swept into the immersion, by the half way mark I’d had at least three instances of shuffling the book down and re-reading a line to double check why I was so nervous suddenly. And then I realised that Starling was also the author of The Luminous Dead and it all made a whole lot of sense. The writing is so polished but everything I loved about the first publication was here and neatly wrapped.|

A slower paced horror with a sci-fi style build up, the jargon can be a little overwhelming if you aren’t prepped for a natural-disaster focused introduction, geology and tech bundled in to solve the impending disaster. This similarly comes in a lot towards the end, it’s creeping and you can see where it’s going like a car crash in slow motion but I personally enjoyed it right up until maybe the last couple of chapters where I was eager for a little more meat and lean into just how horrific the situation would be to experience first hand. There’s a couple of parts that really slow down when I feel it should have been amping up.

TL:DR - Please give this a go if you’re invested in slow burn horror and lasting visuals, but maybe give it a miss if you’re not prone to that lurking suspense.