Scan barcode
A review by vivalibrarian
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
3.0
Things I liked:
1. The cover scares the shit out of me EVERY time I see it.
2. The audiobook would randomly have a ghost bride whispering Japanese in my ear and the hair on the back of my neck would stand up. I also almost wrecked my car in one of those moments.
3. The self awareness of the characters about horror book/movie tropes added an unexpected source of humor.
4. The depth of house haunting was pretty intense and begged to be expanded.
What I didn't like:
It is a short book so it had to pack a lot in a tiny bit and after the above things happened it just stopped building the suspense and I wasn't scared anymore. Coming from someone that is permanently scarred from a childhood viewing of Poltergeist and will only listen to haunted house books on the way IN to work, this might be significant.
1. The cover scares the shit out of me EVERY time I see it.
2. The audiobook would randomly have a ghost bride whispering Japanese in my ear and the hair on the back of my neck would stand up. I also almost wrecked my car in one of those moments.
3. The self awareness of the characters about horror book/movie tropes added an unexpected source of humor.
4. The depth of house haunting was pretty intense and begged to be expanded.
What I didn't like:
It is a short book so it had to pack a lot in a tiny bit and after the above things happened it just stopped building the suspense and I wasn't scared anymore. Coming from someone that is permanently scarred from a childhood viewing of Poltergeist and will only listen to haunted house books on the way IN to work, this might be significant.