Allison Faught's Reviews > Daphne

Well that was….CREEPY! 😱
My husband is currently out on a work trip and my parents offered to watch my kids a couple nights so I could have rest and ‘me time’ before the baby arrives and what did I decide to do? Read this on my light-adjusting kindle in my pitch black bedroom alone at midnight. I had to keep shining the light from my kindle around the room because I kept getting scared. And I NEVER get scared! I must have a death wish. 🤣
This was very Nightmare on Elm Street meets Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones. Very graphic. Very gory. I love horror so of course I enjoyed it and even found myself enjoying being a bit scared.
I don’t read horror too much (although I LOVE watching horror) because the stories are usually ridiculous and eye-rolling. I didn’t get that vibe at all with this book. It was very original and could easily be adapted into a motion picture.
I’m a fan of Josh Malerman’s work (and it doesn’t hurt that he’s a Michigander like me!) and will read anything he writes. If you’re looking for a story similar to Bird Box and Malorie, you won’t find it here. Still very great writing and story-telling, yet very different from those two books.
The only drawbacks in my opinion were Kit’s journal entries which seemed a tad redundant and some basketball lingo and players went a bit over my head.
Be sure to read his acknowledgments as he talks about his struggles with anxiety (which was a large theme in the book) and his passion for basketball. Malerman proves that great stories come from passion and life experiences.
A big thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a complimentary copy of this book!