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What Stalks Among Us
What Stalks Among Us | Sarah Hollowell
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From Sarah Hollowell, author of A Dark and Starless Forest, comes a spine-tingling, deliriously creepy YA speculative thriller about two best friends trapped in a corn maze with corpses that look just like them. Best friends and high school seniors Sadie and Logan make their first mistake when they ditch their end-of-year field trip to the amusement park in favor of exploring some old, forgotten backroads. The last thing they expect to come across is a giant, abandoned corn maze. But with a whole day of playing hooking unspooling before them, they make their second mistake. Or perhaps their third? Maybe even their fourth. Because Sadie and Logan have definitely entered this maze before. And again before that. When they stumble on the corpses in the maze, identical to them in every way (if you can ignore the stab and gunshot wounds)--from their clothes to their hidden scars to their dyed hair, to that one missing tooth--they quickly realize theyve not only entered this maze before, theyve died in it too. A lot. And no matter what they try, they cant figure out whator whois hunting them. Deeply unnerving, clever, and atmospheric, this time-bending, mind-bending speculative horror is a poignant meditation on the lasting effects of trauma and the healing powers of connection and forgivenessall while delivering more surprise twists and turns than a haunted corn maze.
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LibrarianRyan
What Stalks Among Us | Sarah Hollowell
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2 ⭐I had hopes for this book. There‘s something about the fat girl, knowing she‘s fat, being worried about it in high school and how she fares on rides that really gets to me. Talk about a lived experience. The idea of her and her best friend getting lost in a corn maze rather than going on the school field trip should be up my alley. However, it feels like the reader is dropped in the center of a story that‘s already started.

LibrarianRyan There is almost no buildup. It‘s just we‘re in the corn maze and there are bodies. This book has a promising premise and maybe I‘d enjoy it more written rather than audio. Or maybe it‘s the AI reader because it is a galley copy. Either way this book is officially a DNF. I didn‘t care about the characters once they entered the maze and now, they‘re introducing clones of the characters that are the dead bodies it just it feels like a mess. 1mo
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mdemanatee
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Argument about summer or fall aside, one thing is certain, it‘s the perfect weather to read What Stalks Among Us. It explores overcoming trauma with an active, compelling, and spooky metaphor. It celebrates friendship. And it articulates a specific portion of the Hoosier teenage years that I haven‘t found reflected elsewhere. And I couldn‘t miss the opportunity to finally capture it next to a Hoosier cornfield as intended.

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sprainedbrain
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This book was a lot of fun! A fast-paced, weird, atmospheric and pleasingly creepy YA with very lovable characters.

The story made me think of Drew Magary‘s The Hike, which I read years and years ago and still think about. It‘s not really anything like that book, it‘s more of a vibe. I know my reviews are extremely helpful. 🤣

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BiblioLitten 😄😄 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Well, it makes me want to read the book! 4mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
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mdemanatee
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So excited to talk Sarah's sophomore novel! Enter the maze with me? https://youtu.be/Ux2ldi8G5Kk?si=8HjO6eMKoLSVY2xN

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mdemanatee
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My friend Sarah‘s new book comes out this fall so what a perfect time to snab a discounted preorder because who isn‘t going to be in the mood for a haunted corn maze come September?