A review by oddly
Slasher by Charles Forsman
2.0
I got a copy of this while awaiting The End of the F*cking World, which is almost impossible to get ahold of right now due to its (quite amazing) Netflix series. I’ll begin by saying, this is not what I expected.
Forsman has a unique way of bleeding dark elements together and getting to the underbelly of human experience and interaction that I think is really valuable, if not downright chilling. Slasher is incredibly dark and I felt not redeeming for the lead character as it could have been and that I would have hoped for.
The story is more complex than at first glance, but the nuance for me was undone by the lack of character development and failure to give the leading lady room to grow.
Forsman has a unique way of bleeding dark elements together and getting to the underbelly of human experience and interaction that I think is really valuable, if not downright chilling. Slasher is incredibly dark and I felt not redeeming for the lead character as it could have been and that I would have hoped for.
The story is more complex than at first glance, but the nuance for me was undone by the lack of character development and failure to give the leading lady room to grow.