Dragged down by its thoroughness, Dead Eleven has a great concept, and executes them for the most part with confidence (the isolated island, the idea of being out of sync with the the world), unfortunately there is a lingering lack of dynamism—despite the switch-ups in POV, moments of tension are often drowned out by prolonged, needlessly wordy description, and characters chitchat aimlessly before getting to the point (probably closer to real life behavior, but I would prefer more liberal creative licensee here).

There's nothing egregious to fault Dead Eleven, and as a whole it's a solid, smartly written story about human nature (I get vibes of Silent Hill 2, and Hereditary)—but the overly serious, document-every-minutiae style of writing kind of dampens the excitement and fun of reading a horror story.