As someone who is somewhat unfamiliar with the horror, I found Philip Fracassi’s Gothic mostly satiated my desire for particular components native to the genre. It was dark, it was gory, and somewhat reminiscent of 80s horror movies (which I adore) for it’s clichés and corny comedic elements.

While the beginning of the story had me hooked with it’s characterization, setup, and pacing the latter half is where the story began to fall short for me. Particularly, I don’t care for the author’s utilization of female characters in this story. Maybe this was because it makes callbacks to old school horror where  women are mostly used for the convenience of bad happenings, or simply to highlight the main characters personal conflict; either way, I was not a fan. I feel that so much more could have been done with the female character. There were moments where they could have taken initiative that would have intensified the plot. 

All in all, I found the read to be worthwhile and would consider reading more of the authors works.