Reviews

What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

thenextgenlib's review against another edition

3.0

Two friends enter a corn maze and get stuck with corpses that look just like them.

suzanna_gg's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really interesting metaphor for trauma and abusive (romantic) relationships

I get the complaints on this book. Sure, it’s repetitive at times, but that’s how the brain works. You have triggers and symbols and loops and you ride the wave and you survive. Things change and you move on. You choose the next door, and you make an exit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

queerandtalkative's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

awesomejen2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Very slow start and I considered giving up because the main character was getting a bit annoying but the mystery of the maze pulled me forward. Glad I finished.

dbridges's review against another edition

5.0

What Stalks Among Us was an absolute treat to read during the fall as a perfect horror book. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the story, and loved all the twists and turns in the plot. If you like creepy settings, relatable characters, strong friendships, and corny jokes (ha, pun), then you need to read this book. The ending was so impactful which added even more to the story. I look forward to reading more books from Hollowell in the future.

emilyyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

erinreadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

haileyannereads's review against another edition

4.0

Author's content warnings here: https://www.sarahhollowell.com/fiction/what-stalks-among-us

Come for the spooky time-loop corn maze, stay for the lessons on overcoming trauma!

When I started this book, I did not expect it to make me feel so many emotions. I don't want to spoil anything, but it hit me pretty hard, and I could relate to Sadie in a lot of ways.

daizie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A really profound exploration of healing the trauma of abusive and toxic relationships. Some aspects of the plot and writing style just didn't work for me, especially the random dialogue choices that the main character made up for herself and then just didn't use. The constant pop culture references were a bit weird too - they are very salient for the present time but I feel like even a month or two later they will date the book and hurt the sense of companionship we feel with the characters. 

reeaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0