Scan barcode
A review by pacardullo
Bad Things by Tamara Thorne
4.0
Fun, creepy "haunted house" read. The 400+ pages fly by, and you do care for all of the characters (well, except wonderfully nasty Aunt Jade) and care what happens to them. This keeps the stakes high and the the story moving along.
There are a couple of small issues, but both have mitigating factors that prevent them from being too distracting. Sometimes you wanted to smack the main character for not catching on sooner. Then again, he was dealing with a lot of things, so he can be excused. Additionally, while some of the language used for a trans secondary character may seem dated in 2020, the character's treatment was pretty progressive for 1994 when the book was originally released as "Panic."
All in all, this was an enjoyable "quick" read. It breezed along and was fun, creepy, and disturbing. Good stuff.
There are a couple of small issues, but both have mitigating factors that prevent them from being too distracting. Sometimes you wanted to smack the main character for not catching on sooner. Then again, he was dealing with a lot of things, so he can be excused. Additionally, while some of the language used for a trans secondary character may seem dated in 2020, the character's treatment was pretty progressive for 1994 when the book was originally released as "Panic."
All in all, this was an enjoyable "quick" read. It breezed along and was fun, creepy, and disturbing. Good stuff.