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A review by teaandtales1
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Pages: 320
Horror sub-genre: Slasher, Summer camp
Plot: After an ill-advised tweet, Willow loses her TV series, her fiance, her house, and is officially cancelled. She decides to get away from everything at Camp Castaway, where she can decompress and look forward to a lack of technology and social media. Everything seems great until campers start going missing.
Review: ⭐⭐⭐1/2
I enjoyed this book and if you're looking for a Friday the 13th vibe (for modern times) in a book, then this will be a good choice. The camp has a group of eclectic characters, with positive and strong LGBTQ rep, and I found myself rooting for all the ones you're supposed to root for. The addition of the urban legend of "Knock Knock Nancy" makes the reader question whether the killer is supernatural or human, and I found the book to be fun. While I did really enjoy the book, I found that the cancellation and social media aspect was very clunky, and while necessary to the story, didn't really add anything positive. Overall I liked this though, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a face-paced, entertaining summer horror read.
Horror sub-genre: Slasher, Summer camp
Plot: After an ill-advised tweet, Willow loses her TV series, her fiance, her house, and is officially cancelled. She decides to get away from everything at Camp Castaway, where she can decompress and look forward to a lack of technology and social media. Everything seems great until campers start going missing.
Review: ⭐⭐⭐1/2
I enjoyed this book and if you're looking for a Friday the 13th vibe (for modern times) in a book, then this will be a good choice. The camp has a group of eclectic characters, with positive and strong LGBTQ rep, and I found myself rooting for all the ones you're supposed to root for. The addition of the urban legend of "Knock Knock Nancy" makes the reader question whether the killer is supernatural or human, and I found the book to be fun. While I did really enjoy the book, I found that the cancellation and social media aspect was very clunky, and while necessary to the story, didn't really add anything positive. Overall I liked this though, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a face-paced, entertaining summer horror read.