A review by motherhorror
They Feed by Jason Parent
3.0
(3.5) Thank you to Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi and SinisterGrin Press for sending the Night Worms this book in exchange for an honest review.
It's a good thing I hate camping. Jason Parent's monster infested woods are no place I'd want to be!
They Feed is a gorefest. It also reads like watching a B rated horror flick like the Blob or a fun Creature Feature like Tremors. The characters are all pretty despicable people with some campy lines but they made me laugh. Some of the dialog made my eyes roll though, it felt a little juvenile.
I especially liked the scene with the husband and wife out on a hike--the wife clearly didn't want to be there in the hot sun, making this useless trek up a rocky trail and her inner mind chat was cracking me up.
Parent has this unflinching, tells-it-like-it-is style of narrating that just grabs you by the shirt and sucks you into the story, maybe even before you decide if you want to. Ha!
A friend mentioned in a review I just read, that this reminded him of an X-Files episode and I would agree--these creatures are calculating and smart even though based on appearances, it would be easy to underestimate their ability.
It was fun watching a group of people, who would make unlikely friends given their circumstances, forced to come together and survive.
Not normally my typical, go-to favorite sub-genre of horror but this was entertaining and I enjoyed it.
It's a good thing I hate camping. Jason Parent's monster infested woods are no place I'd want to be!
They Feed is a gorefest. It also reads like watching a B rated horror flick like the Blob or a fun Creature Feature like Tremors. The characters are all pretty despicable people with some campy lines but they made me laugh. Some of the dialog made my eyes roll though, it felt a little juvenile.
I especially liked the scene with the husband and wife out on a hike--the wife clearly didn't want to be there in the hot sun, making this useless trek up a rocky trail and her inner mind chat was cracking me up.
Parent has this unflinching, tells-it-like-it-is style of narrating that just grabs you by the shirt and sucks you into the story, maybe even before you decide if you want to. Ha!
A friend mentioned in a review I just read, that this reminded him of an X-Files episode and I would agree--these creatures are calculating and smart even though based on appearances, it would be easy to underestimate their ability.
It was fun watching a group of people, who would make unlikely friends given their circumstances, forced to come together and survive.
Not normally my typical, go-to favorite sub-genre of horror but this was entertaining and I enjoyed it.