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A review by boomwormbrittany
Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Camp Slaughter is marketed as a slasher book. This book follows a group of friends who rent out a cabin in the woods but don't realize there is a murderous cannibal living nearby. One by one, they start to die off and have to fight for their lives.
Oh boy. I hate writing negative reviews because I don't like being negative but this one was not it for me.
First off, this is marketed as a slasher which I think it accomplishes on some fronts and fails on others. It accomplishes it in the fact that we have a very gore heavy book. This book definitely took the slasher part of it and really described it. That was one thing it did well. The descriptions were graphic enough that I could see it as a movie in my head. However, it did fail for me on all other fronts.
When I watch a slasher, there is always at least on character I'm rooting for. I found one or two characters in this I could tolerate and wanted to root for but then they died. I was left with the surviving characters being so bland and one dimensional that I wanted them to get got by the killer. I was confused why those characters got to live when the genuinely good and fleshed out characters had to die.
This also follows the perspective of the killer in this and I don't know why. I think it was trying to make you sympathize with him but I didn't feel any sympathy at all. If anything, it felt like that perspective was used so we can see the murders happen and what he was doing when we weren't with the group. The killer reminded me of Jason from Friday the Thirteenth and if you seen those movies and read this book, you'll know why. It just didn't do anything for me.
Also the ending wasn't my favorite. I get that it's setting up for the rest of the series but there is no resolution at the end of this. It just falls of and is the end and nothing else it laid out. I know there is going to be another book but I don't think I'll be reading it.
This book really tried to be a slasher and I really wanted to love it but it fell flat for me. What I was expecting and what I got was very different. Now, if you are interested in reading this, please do pick it up. For me, it just wasn't it but if you feel like you might like it, please do pick it up.
Oh boy. I hate writing negative reviews because I don't like being negative but this one was not it for me.
First off, this is marketed as a slasher which I think it accomplishes on some fronts and fails on others. It accomplishes it in the fact that we have a very gore heavy book. This book definitely took the slasher part of it and really described it. That was one thing it did well. The descriptions were graphic enough that I could see it as a movie in my head. However, it did fail for me on all other fronts.
When I watch a slasher, there is always at least on character I'm rooting for. I found one or two characters in this I could tolerate and wanted to root for but then they died. I was left with the surviving characters being so bland and one dimensional that I wanted them to get got by the killer. I was confused why those characters got to live when the genuinely good and fleshed out characters had to die.
This also follows the perspective of the killer in this and I don't know why. I think it was trying to make you sympathize with him but I didn't feel any sympathy at all. If anything, it felt like that perspective was used so we can see the murders happen and what he was doing when we weren't with the group. The killer reminded me of Jason from Friday the Thirteenth and if you seen those movies and read this book, you'll know why. It just didn't do anything for me.
Also the ending wasn't my favorite. I get that it's setting up for the rest of the series but there is no resolution at the end of this. It just falls of and is the end and nothing else it laid out. I know there is going to be another book but I don't think I'll be reading it.
This book really tried to be a slasher and I really wanted to love it but it fell flat for me. What I was expecting and what I got was very different. Now, if you are interested in reading this, please do pick it up. For me, it just wasn't it but if you feel like you might like it, please do pick it up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder