A review by waxingquixotic
14 by Peter Clines
4.0
What is 14 by Peter Clines?
It is a wild Scooby Doo mystery pulled from the screen into a novel, full of goofy characters snooping around a weird apartment building and getting spooked by all the strange things happening around them.
It is House of Leaves without all the prevention, footnotes, or extra pages. And it’s much more fun to read.
It is a modern day Lovecraftian tale that slowly gets weirder and weirder until finally just going right off the rails into utter craziness.
It is Welcome to Night Vale without the dry humor and deadpan delivery of awesomeness.
It is an H. G. Wells radio production, but it’s not on the radio. It’s in a book. And it’s in modern day Los Angeles.
It is The Great British Bake Off without the cakes, pies, cookies, or baking. I don’t think there are any scenes about baking. This is not a good bake. This is a good book.
This is something Blake Crouch would probably write about, but a step up from what Blake Crouch would probably write about.
This is a book that begs to be held on to, and when you put it down beside your bed at night it lays on the floor glowing with a soft purple aura that keeps you from falling asleep so you are forced to pick it back up and keep reading it.
This book may or may not light on fire and crumble away into a small pile of ashes after you finish the last page.
It is a wild Scooby Doo mystery pulled from the screen into a novel, full of goofy characters snooping around a weird apartment building and getting spooked by all the strange things happening around them.
It is House of Leaves without all the prevention, footnotes, or extra pages. And it’s much more fun to read.
It is a modern day Lovecraftian tale that slowly gets weirder and weirder until finally just going right off the rails into utter craziness.
It is Welcome to Night Vale without the dry humor and deadpan delivery of awesomeness.
It is an H. G. Wells radio production, but it’s not on the radio. It’s in a book. And it’s in modern day Los Angeles.
It is The Great British Bake Off without the cakes, pies, cookies, or baking. I don’t think there are any scenes about baking. This is not a good bake. This is a good book.
This is something Blake Crouch would probably write about, but a step up from what Blake Crouch would probably write about.
This is a book that begs to be held on to, and when you put it down beside your bed at night it lays on the floor glowing with a soft purple aura that keeps you from falling asleep so you are forced to pick it back up and keep reading it.
This book may or may not light on fire and crumble away into a small pile of ashes after you finish the last page.