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pickThis was my #Netherlands #FoodAndLit pick, and first read of the year.
It was very atmospheric, and creepy. But most of the scary parts didn‘t come from the evil witch, but from what people are willing to do if they feel threatened, even if the threat isn‘t real. (And yes I looked up the Dutch ending and it sounds pretty similar. I didn‘t mind the ending 🤣)
pick4.2⭐️ I wanted to resist because I was told that it was absolutely terrifying. Was it though… yes, but not because of the ghost/witch. It because of how awful the town people are and the reality that so many people who have same behavior outside of the story. The pace was slow and it has a-lot of complex characters, though it did not take away from the book. Overall, not what expected but definitely worth the read.
so-so3 ⭐️s
The scariest parts were the horrible townsfolk. The last few chapters are filled with some truly chilling violence. There were a lot of questions I had throughout and none of them are really answered in the end. Bit frustrated with how the story was told. The author originally wrote it in Dutch and then rewrote the ending when it was translated to English. I don‘t know if that impacted the story for me since I don‘t read Dutch. 🤷♀️
pick4✨ This book was really tense. The descriptions use to detail the ghost witch are very detailed and disturbing. There is a lot of scary situations, but I think I was just expecting more chills. There was a point in the book that I was just sad, and the scary parts of the book were just not as scary because of the depression. #FableBR @Littlewolf1
July is just around the corner and we our excited about our two fable book clubs, both starting July 1 If you‘re interested in horror or fantasy, @Littlewolf1 & I would love for you to join us. For horror, follow this link https://fable.co/club/roaringwolf-fright-night-with-roary47-202125311454 for those thrills and chills. For fantasy choose this link https://fable.co/club/the-wyvern-scrolls-with-crystal-pilcher-178259080199. Happy Reading 😊📚😊
Repost for @Roary47 @Littlewolf1
Night Creatures you are being summoned! If midnight is your waking hour, you enjoy the sounds of screams, if you search for night creatures creeping & every day is Halloween. If thrills & chills are what you seek, & the hounds of hell make you weak… then we have the fable book club for you. Join the RoaringWolf Fright Night bookclub as we seek & read the books that will truly leave us terrified. Link in comments
Night creatures, you are being summoned! If midnight is your waking hour, you enjoy the sounds of screams, if you search for creatures creeping, and every day is Halloween. If thrills and chills are what you seek, and the hounds of hell make you weak… then we have the Fable book club for you. Join the RoaringWolf Fright Night bookclub as we seek, and read the books that will truly leave us terrified.
Night creatures, you are being summoned! If midnight is your waking hour, you enjoy the sounds of screams, if you search for creatures creeping, and every day is Halloween. If thrills and chills are what you seek, and the hounds of hell make you weak… then we have the Fable book club for you. Join the RoaringWolf Fright Night bookclub as we seek, and read the books that will truly leave us terrified. Link below ⬇️
Yay! After returning home to CT on NYE, my PO delivered my held mail today. How glad I am to see my #CreepyChristmas box!! Can‘t wait to taste the chocolate dipped rice crispy treat! Yum!! The books look great and I love the Beetle Juice bookmark and Krampus ornament! After some pretty dark horror this fall, I think I‘ll start with the Johnson&Cooper book, but I‘m sure I‘ll eat the others up as fast as I can too! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon !
Thank you, @peanutnine, for the book and chocolate. Thanks, @MaleficentBookDragon, for hosting the #Jolabokaflodswap.
pickA very scary horror with a great central concept. I actually saw this on a tiktok recommendation and thought it looked way too scary then the concept worked its way into my head and I couldn‘t forget it so I had to actually read it lol. The ending was VERY intense (check tws) but I genuinely loved it. I really appreciate how this writer always does rewarding endings that feel thematically fitting without being predictable
so-so🎃🎃it started out strong and I was deeply engrossed, then it went tailspinning into a mess. TRIGGER WARNING: animal cruelty
#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day19 #Curse This was one of the very first books I bought from BD on recommendation from Littens 6yrs ago! Wow. Time flies⏳A whole town is cursed in this spooky novel. In Black Spring there‘s a 17th century Witch that wanders the streets, enters your home & can stand next to your bed while you sleep. Oh, her eyes & mouth are sewn shut😱And you can never leave. Might reread this for #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts
I absolutely love this spooky read about the cursed town of Black Spring and the witch that haunts it. I‘ve read it twice and I‘m sure I‘ll read it again when the English translation of the sequel (Oracle) comes out. Squee!! #scarathlondailyprompts #cursed #teamslaughter
Black Rock, a seemingly typical town in upstate NY, except for the presence of Katherine, a 17th century witch who cursed the town and haunts it to this day. The town does its best to keep their witch a secret to the outside world through an advanced security system and a collection of rules and regs all townies must follow. Over the course of a very slow build, things go terribly go terribly wrong!
#curse #scarathlon #scarathlondailyprompts
pickI finished HEX early this a.m. Much of it reads like a parody…what would happen if a modern town were haunted by a witch? Well in the case of Black Rock, create a government and security system intended to suppress this info from slipping to the outside world and to allow locals to pretend that everything is fine. Be prepared for the witch to show up randomly at your family dinner or during those intimate moments with your spouse (mood killer 🤣).
pickA 300 year old witch with her eyes and mouth sewn shut walks the streets of Black Spring, NY. When local teens start to experiment with her tolerance levels, which is prohibited by the Emergency Decree, things start to go sideways. This slow burn was PHENOMINAL!! Even more interesting, it was rewritten to give it an American location, as it was originally written in Dutch and set in a small Dutch village.
pickI like scary books! This one, which I listened to on Audible, might be better read on the page. There are some creepy moments to be sure. Interesting twist at the end! I love the witch, wrapped in chains with her eyes and mouth stitched shut. Just make sure she doesn‘t get loose…
pick5 spooky stars. While this was creepy in some parts I wasn‘t really ever scared. Only maybe uneasy. This could be because I was rooting for the witch lol
Great take on mob mentality and humans not learning from the mistakes of their ancestors.
#BookSpinBingo
pickThomas Olde Heuvelt is a new auto-buy for me. Just when you think things will get resolved, something else thickens the plot. And then another spin, and then another, and then… I continued this pattern for 250 pages, through two meals, and then suddenly.. it was over.
Hex is the kind of gruesome accident you can‘t help but compulsively watch. It‘s the human race at its ugliest. It‘s squirmy and horrifying and spooky and I simply loved it.
panThe beginning of this book is very, very, very slow. Things do go utterly mad later, but it‘s a slow burn to get there. I know a lot of people enjoyed it, but it wasn‘t my thing and I found the characters completely unlikeable.
pick⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ https://suspensebookreviews.home.blog/2021/10/05/hex-by-thomas-olde-heuvelt/
A great twist to the classic haunting trope. A small town is cursed by an ancient witch whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. The witch can show up anywhere from the end of your bed to under the street light. Creepy, dark, and a fresh take on hauntings, HEX is a must-read for all horror lovers. A great addition to your Halloween Read Pile!
#littensdressedinblood #thomasolde #hex #monster #horror #
#September 11 Prompt: #Monstermash
This one took me a long time to figure out. I hope in the end it fits somehow. The book is about an evil #witch.
#LittensDressedInBlood #Day7 For #campfiretales I‘ve brought one out of the vault, this is a book I reviewed in my first six months on Litsy, 5yrs ago. It‘s a creepy witchy Halloween story about a town that‘s cursed. Black Spring is a Hudson Valley town that‘s haunted by a 17th century witch who roams the town with her eyes & mouth sewn shut & has the ability to appear anywhere she wills, including your home. It definitely freaked me out!
pickThis was my #doublespin for June. I've read this book in Dutch, the original language. It turned out to be a late night, I have had little sleep. It was a little creepy, especially with all the night sounds. I enjoyed the story and the ending. Some of the sentences and language used felt a bit weird. I think I might visit Beek sometime when I'm walking the Pieterpad trail in my country.
TBR since July 1st. 2020; 565 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks
pickIt took me longer than expected to really start enjoying this one, but I'm glad I didn't bail.
This story of a town with a witch who wanders around and everyone tries to hide her from the outside world was such a cool concept. Although it was slow to build, and not quite as spooky as I expected, once the witch starts behaving erratically things really take off and I couldn't stop reading.
pickOh my stars!!!! This books I a crazy ride. It starts off slow and the build is slow, but once you hit the action - hold on tight!!! There were so many twists and turns I was not expecting and the ending left my jaw on the floor...
Highly recommend!!!!
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so-soIt is a creepy concept, although this tale was different than I‘d anticipated. I do like books that look at the horror of human nature but I don‘t think the execution worked completely for me. I‘m still confused about some things and with the slow pacing, my brain didn‘t always completely connect to the details. I also felt that the witch‘s history came in the form of a huge info dump.
#HorrorSeason
October 4th: The Blair Witch Project
Hex is the English language adaptation of a Dutch horror novel by the same name & author. A witch terrorizes a town in Hudson Valley NY for hundreds of years until it finally reaches a point where the town goes on lockdown in an attempt to keep people safe. But the witch still haunts to woods, the streets and their homes. And she won‘t stop until she gets what she wants.
pickTerrifying, supernatural, psychological, HEAVY--a story that will challenge your notion of what is scarier, a 300 year old witch whose eyes & mouth are stitched shut & who walks a cursed town for all to see OR human nature, carefully controlled, structured and orderly until its not. ☠
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