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A review by forever_fantasy
My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was nothing like I was expecting, this is not a horror novel. But a slow burn mystery, however it was really good and kept me intrigued till the end.
So here we go, the premise, we follow Lily a religious, sheltered college dropout who accidentally starts a rock band with the antichrist. But he is also really cute and charismatic, so let's roll with it, he can't be such a bad guy overall, right?
The story is compelling and the characters are super interesting and well flesh out, they are all an integral part of the plot and fun to follow around. For the most part this is just contemporary fiction, about the characters forming the band and giving concerts (some weird ones with demons as back up dancers, I must admit that was pretty cool), why the light mystery of who really is the antichrist and if he is really that bad. Around 70% things start to get way more crazy and we do have some spooky and creepy scenes alongside all those campy parts we had till then.
I overall really enjoyed the book and I think it would make for a great campy horror film. I won't say this is an amazing novel, but it's super entertaining and fun so give it a chance, out of the three books I've read so far by the author this one is my favourite. Its expected to be publish on July 1, 2025.
Thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing me with an advance copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
So here we go, the premise, we follow Lily a religious, sheltered college dropout who accidentally starts a rock band with the antichrist. But he is also really cute and charismatic, so let's roll with it, he can't be such a bad guy overall, right?
The story is compelling and the characters are super interesting and well flesh out, they are all an integral part of the plot and fun to follow around. For the most part this is just contemporary fiction, about the characters forming the band and giving concerts (some weird ones with demons as back up dancers, I must admit that was pretty cool), why the light mystery of who really is the antichrist and if he is really that bad. Around 70% things start to get way more crazy and we do have some spooky and creepy scenes alongside all those campy parts we had till then.
I overall really enjoyed the book and I think it would make for a great campy horror film. I won't say this is an amazing novel, but it's super entertaining and fun so give it a chance, out of the three books I've read so far by the author this one is my favourite. Its expected to be publish on July 1, 2025.
Thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing me with an advance copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.