I originally got this book because I’m a big Castle (TV show) and Alan Wake II (video game) fan.
I don’t usually read within the thriller/horror genre, but since I realized I was a fan of both of the above works, I decided to give it a try with a novel by one of Castle’s poker buddies. 🤣
What drawn me in initially was how eerily this book’s synopsis reminded me of the general Alan Wake II plot (small town, starts story in a diner, weird stuff happening because of a lake, everyone in a sort of hell). I honestly read this book in one day mostly because I wanted to see how differently it played out compared to Alan Wake II, but some chapters of this book were so disturbing that I had to skim through or even lowkey skip them (like the Hannah chapters). But man, it was a great rollercoaster ride and I might want to check out more books in this genre (definitely with less Malcolm-like characters though). 😄
One of the plot points I don’t understand is if the whole town is just a hell loop that got a leak in it, how did the town have a history of tourists and contact with the outside world prior to the “leak” event with the tree falling over? Or are the tourists and “outside world” just NPCs (non-playable characters aka “staff” supplied by hell) in a sense?
by Glamorous_Unicorn