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zxillaisreading's review
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
blatdriver's review
5.0
Wow, this book absolutely blew me away! I loved it.
Being a Christmas themed book, I was expecting some fun and corny B-grade movie type fun.
But there is NOTHING B-grade about this book.
The exceptional quality of the writing, depth of characters and story reminds me of Krampus by Brom (which Is a favourite of mine)
There is some laughs and also so gory and gross parts (Egg Nog, if you know, you know, lol)
Part of me is itching to go into more detail about this book, but I don’t want to spoil it, so I will just say do yourself a favour this Christmas and get this book.
Being a Christmas themed book, I was expecting some fun and corny B-grade movie type fun.
But there is NOTHING B-grade about this book.
The exceptional quality of the writing, depth of characters and story reminds me of Krampus by Brom (which Is a favourite of mine)
There is some laughs and also so gory and gross parts (Egg Nog, if you know, you know, lol)
Part of me is itching to go into more detail about this book, but I don’t want to spoil it, so I will just say do yourself a favour this Christmas and get this book.
nrskelley's review
5.0
Decided to make this my Christmas Eve book and I was not disappointed. Super fun holiday horror book. I literally was yelling at the characters to run from this psycho Santa and his “elves”.
A strong 4.5/5 for me rounded up to a 5 in the spirit of the holiday!
A strong 4.5/5 for me rounded up to a 5 in the spirit of the holiday!
thiscryptidreads's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Hail Santa is a holiday horror bordering on splatter punk with its gruesome death scenes and festive references to popular holiday songs. The book starts off a little slow with backstory to the main characters and the town, but soon it turns to a quick paced murder spree as you rocket towards the finish line.... Christmas day.
It almost has a hidden feel of loss of faith vs. Consumerism concerning the popular holiday and makes you question if believing in Santa Claus is really an innocent right of passage for today's youth or borderline worship to something we know nothing about.
It almost has a hidden feel of loss of faith vs. Consumerism concerning the popular holiday and makes you question if believing in Santa Claus is really an innocent right of passage for today's youth or borderline worship to something we know nothing about.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child death, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Blood, Torture, and Sexual content
Minor: Racism
iamcreature81's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
xombieky's review
4.0
Reject god and Hail Santa!
I was super lucky to receive a limited edition ARC from the incredible team at Blood Bound Booms, and holy shit did I ever love this one!
A cold, dying Canadian town with one pub- where your dreams go to stale out- is invigorated with Christmas magic. We have a great group of characters, a terrifying entity, chaos and gore galore. Of course as a Canadian myself, I loved the opportunity to read a novel set in my cold little country. It was missing a double double from Timmie’s though, eh? Guess this town doesn’t have one
I was super lucky to receive a limited edition ARC from the incredible team at Blood Bound Booms, and holy shit did I ever love this one!
A cold, dying Canadian town with one pub- where your dreams go to stale out- is invigorated with Christmas magic. We have a great group of characters, a terrifying entity, chaos and gore galore. Of course as a Canadian myself, I loved the opportunity to read a novel set in my cold little country. It was missing a double double from Timmie’s though, eh? Guess this town doesn’t have one
booknerdqueen's review
5.0
I was a little late to read this book but once I started I couldn’t let it go. This is my first book from John Mcnee and it did not disappoint. It’s a great book for Christmas season and it’s set in northern Canada. Definitely will be a reread book every Christmas season for me. Can’t wait to see what else John will write.
A must read if you like gore and horror!
A must read if you like gore and horror!
delilahblues's review
5.0
I was so beyond excited to see an ARC of this in my Books of Horror winter box. I’m a sucker for good horror comedy but, despite initial assumptions, there isn’t much funny about this book. The concept is beyond unique and such a fun experience. The imagery was exquisite and the plot kept my attention throughout, with enough scenes to make me gag. Although I wish the why (not trying to spoil) was explained just a bit more, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and cannot wait for it to be more widely available. I fully intend to recommend it to all of my weirdo friends.
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