A review by latepaul
Bad Things by Michael Marshall

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a supernatural thriller with some crime elements, similar to some of Stephen King's work. It concerns a small town on the edge of some woods that seem to contain something malevolent. Meanwhile the main character, who has come back to the town after he suffered a tragedy years ago, is dealing both with it and some more mundane dangers from his new life. His internal monologue has the feel of a detective or protagonist in a crime novel. I think the attempt here is to tie together different kinds of "bad things". I think by the end of the book it works but there are times when it feels like one of the story lines is an interruption to the other.

Overall though it's a tense and suspenseful book with a dark but satisfying conclusion.