Reviews

Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

eeriebookworm's review against another edition

5.0

Never has a book totally wrecked me. I felt myself praying along side Peter to give him strength. This book just touched my heart and literally ripped it right out of me. Outstanding!

caesura_19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

victoriastrong's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I have to admit, this book took me forever to get through. I was coming off a book high from a previous read, and I have to say, Boys In The Valley did not disappoint. It took me awhile to get through, but I'm fairly certain I would have DNFed any other book.

Philip Fracassi does a wonderful job bringing the setting & atmosphere to life without drowning you in pages of details. The story easily plays out in your head like a movie, which is always enjoyable!

That being said, I do wish we got to know some of the characters better. If a character's past of horrible, violent acts is mentioned, I want to know what he did exactly. Especially in a horror book. 

I still don't feel Boys In The Valley fell short in any way. I'm glad I stuck with it and would definitely recommend.

emster52's review against another edition

dark

4.5

Let me start off by saying, I don’t really read (or like) horror books. 
I was reading this book like: 🫣😱 
There was gore, there was death (lots) and there was a bunch of demonic possessions…and I had some visceral reactions to some of the very descriptive scenes. Yuck! 
It was like I was watching a car crash…I couldn’t look away! I was really rooting for a few of the characters to make it out alive…
And the ending! 😳😭

laura1980458's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

ckshaw13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

steve_walkie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

abigailmariexx's review against another edition

3.0

The first half was so good - interesting, creepy, page-turning - but the action packed second half was hard to get through resulting in a ‘meh’ ending.

crisrodriguez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

ashyraine's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

INCREDIBLY TENSE AND GOOD