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Plunge
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Had the promise to be better. Left me wanting.
Not that I expected it to be a milestone or whatever but in its own genre it could have been better told. Less rushed if nothing else.
The book is an obvious homage to 80’s horror flicks, Carpenter’s the thing being #1. So of course tropes and clichés characters are a dime a dozen. The traitor and the red shirts are immediately identified for instance; but that’s the name of the game so I’ll go with it.
What troubled me most is :
- the lack of characterization of the final girl- she’s witty and she’s british, a bit thin to actually root for her- and every other character for that matter.
- the unexplainable lack of reaction from the protagonists when confronted to spoilery stuff.
- useless unexplained pseudo-leads (the drowned pillar, the calculation of pi)
- the rushed up ending.
Still, it’s entertaining enough and there’s some pretty good horror scenes, magnified by Stuart Immonen amazing art and Dave Stewart’s perfect colours.
Not that I expected it to be a milestone or whatever but in its own genre it could have been better told. Less rushed if nothing else.
The book is an obvious homage to 80’s horror flicks, Carpenter’s the thing being #1. So of course tropes and clichés characters are a dime a dozen. The traitor and the red shirts are immediately identified for instance; but that’s the name of the game so I’ll go with it.
What troubled me most is :
- the lack of characterization of the final girl- she’s witty and she’s british, a bit thin to actually root for her- and every other character for that matter.
- the unexplainable lack of reaction from the protagonists when confronted to spoilery stuff.
- useless unexplained pseudo-leads (the drowned pillar, the calculation of pi)
- the rushed up ending.
Still, it’s entertaining enough and there’s some pretty good horror scenes, magnified by Stuart Immonen amazing art and Dave Stewart’s perfect colours.
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Nos4a2 and Horns worked pretty well as books I think and Locke and key is pretty good. I can see he really is a pop culture child and wants to go through comics and he obviously love the medium but the book format seems better suited for his ambitions.
Those are my fave three Hill's, with Locke and Key that I consider exceptional :)