A review by markowitch
The Boy in the Woods by Scott Thomas
2.0
2.5 stars
It seems that I will be that one guy who gave this novella a low rating, but it is what it is.
I heard about this novella from the video of booktuber Gaby "Gabbyreads" in her "Spooky Halloween reading vlog". She said that she found this novella a little (maybe a little more than a "little") disturbing and said she doesn't recommend eating before reading it.
I was quite excited (but expectationless TO MENTION) since I trust her recommendations because she started reading A LOT of horror themed books lately and comparing her to me I would say she is "an experienced horror [genre] reader".
Personally I didn't find anything special (horror-wise) about this book. Maybe it's the small format of only 70 pages (on my ereader) that didn't do it for me which is interesting since I think I'm more of a plot driven reader (didn't yet figured it out).
Overall I didn't find story to be interesting; I didn't find horror aspect to be horrorESQUE at all; the cause of the whole thing stayed an enigma. As I said, maybe the format just didn't do it for me.
At least it was a nice time killer since my wifi stopped working and I didn't want to go to bed just yet. Read this novella in 2 and a half hours so it was quite a fast read.
Thing I wanted to commend is the writing. I found myself constantly highlighting some parts of the text. I really like the way Scott Thomas writes. I think this is the main reason I didn't give this novella plain 2 stars.
It seems that I will be that one guy who gave this novella a low rating, but it is what it is.
I heard about this novella from the video of booktuber Gaby "Gabbyreads" in her "Spooky Halloween reading vlog". She said that she found this novella a little (maybe a little more than a "little") disturbing and said she doesn't recommend eating before reading it.
I was quite excited (but expectationless TO MENTION) since I trust her recommendations because she started reading A LOT of horror themed books lately and comparing her to me I would say she is "an experienced horror [genre] reader".
Personally I didn't find anything special (horror-wise) about this book. Maybe it's the small format of only 70 pages (on my ereader) that didn't do it for me which is interesting since I think I'm more of a plot driven reader (didn't yet figured it out).
Overall I didn't find story to be interesting; I didn't find horror aspect to be horrorESQUE at all; the cause of the whole thing stayed an enigma. As I said, maybe the format just didn't do it for me.
At least it was a nice time killer since my wifi stopped working and I didn't want to go to bed just yet. Read this novella in 2 and a half hours so it was quite a fast read.
Thing I wanted to commend is the writing. I found myself constantly highlighting some parts of the text. I really like the way Scott Thomas writes. I think this is the main reason I didn't give this novella plain 2 stars.