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A review by kingjustiniii
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
2.0
I know we're not supposed to judge books by their covers...but are the titles off limits now too? For a book called Clown in a Cornfield both the clowns and the cornfield offer little to the narrative of this story. Replace the clown masks with ski masks and the cornfield with a forest and the story wouldnt change one bit.
The misleading title isn't the worst Clown in a Cornfield's issues though. The pacing and character motivations in this book are a total mess. I get that Cesare is trying to do a new take on Children of the Corn, but there's a reason Stephen King wrote that as a short story, there just isn't enough here for a full length novel.
Overall a total letdown and frustrating read.
The misleading title isn't the worst Clown in a Cornfield's issues though. The pacing and character motivations in this book are a total mess. I get that Cesare is trying to do a new take on Children of the Corn, but there's a reason Stephen King wrote that as a short story, there just isn't enough here for a full length novel.
Overall a total letdown and frustrating read.