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A literary western mashed with horror and historical fiction.! Yup, it‘s bonkers but it works so well.
Creepy, atmospheric and a glimpse of the old west. Enjoyed the audio narration.

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

squirrelbrain I can‘t get hold of this here yet…🤷‍♀️ 2y

TrishB There are so many words that shouldn‘t be together there! 2y

Cinfhen EXACTLY @TrishB 🤣🤣it‘s more like #HorrorLite but I think you‘d like it! Hopefully it‘ll turn up on #Scribd @squirrelbrain 2y

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Megabooks I‘m going to check the library. I think they got it. 2y

Megabooks Lol I put it on hold on April 13! 🤣🤣 it‘s the library with long lines so there are still 6 people in front of me. 2y

Cinfhen It‘s ok to wait @Megabooks plus I think it‘s not being discussed until August for the official #TOBsummercamp23 2y

BarbaraBB Thanks for tagging me. I am glad it‘s chosen voor CampToB 2y

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The Elementals | Michael McDowell

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Question 4: This is for those who participated in #StepfordSummerParty 💕 Did you prefer one book more than the other? Do you consider Stepford Wives horror after reading this novel? #Helloween #80sParty

Cinfhen I personally enjoyed Stepford Wives more. I thought the story was creepy without any over the top antics. All subtleties were left to your own imagination. It was also the implied messages that I found more menacing and thought provoking. I would call both these novels #HorrorLite 6y

Librarybelle I agree with you, @Cinfhen . I much preferred Stepford Wives over The Elementals. I like the name #HorrorLite ...both had potential elements (no pun intended), so I can see where there is a spook factor in both, but I was by far more creeped out by Stepford Wives. 6y

Cinfhen I also felt Ira Levin wrote a better story @Librarybelle 6y

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AmyG Oh, I love Ira Levin, so I have to go with Stepford Wives. I love books where odd or supernatural things happen to every day people. For me it‘s about whether the story is believable or not. Stepford was more believable to me. 6y

Cinfhen I‘m tempted to read @AmyG

Rosemary's Baby

AmyG READ IT. And see the movie. 💕 6y

batsy For me, both were really good and unexpected reads 👍🏽 Levin was less campy than I expected, and McDowell was more so. I thought The Stepford Wives was chilling in real world terms but The Elementals was imaginative and creepy. Horror as a genre operates in the realm of fantasy, as well, and in that vein The Elementals intrigued me :) 6y

TrishB @batsy agreed 👍🏻there is a very grey area of horror/fantasy! 6y

Bookzombie I really enjoyed them both equally for different reasons. I think Stepford Wives falls into the horror genre quite easily. As @batsy said it‘s very chilling in real world terms. The Elementals is probably what most people think when they think horror, but the horror genre is quite broad in my opinion. 🙂 6y

DebinHawaii Stepford Wives is a sentimental favorite due to my love for Levin, plus I think it was a subtler but more chilling creepy rather than the gothic camp of The Elementals & thus more scary. I did enjoy them both though and like that in both, much was left to the imagination. And I would like to see The Elementals as a movie too--I think it has some great possibilities in the right hands. (And yes, @Cinfhen read & watch Rosemary's Baby!) 😉😱 6y

Cinfhen Will definitely be adding Rosemary‘s Baby to my infinite TBR @DebinHawaii @AmyG and Happy Birthday 🎊🎂🎁🎈 @AmyG 6y

bookandbedandtea I liked both books and would consider both to be #HorrorLite They both creeped me out in different ways. Stepford Wives was a little scarier to me because the evil was human. And so personal! I would still like a book from Walter's perspective because I just can't understand his actions. 6y

peaKnit I think I liked Stepford better because it seemed, while bizarre, more plausible. I found the southern language a little...patronizing? Overdone? I‘m not sure I could read “gone” for “going” one more time. I love a southern accent on audio but reading it in print is tedious for me for some reason. 6y

Bklover I think Stepford Wives was creepier. Plus I kept having trouble believing that a 13 girl would voluntarily go into a house that her dad was afraid of. Between that and the weird occasional nudity I just kept getting pulled out of the story too often. 6y

Reviewsbylola I actually liked Elementals better. The characters were more fleshed out for me and I was really drawn to them. 6y

Pamwurtzler I think Stepford was overall a better creepy read. I liked the family in The Elementals better than the people in Stepford though. 6y

CarolynM Stepford Wives had a lot more substance and better writing. It left me much more unsettled than this one without any explicit violence at all. I'll still be thinking about Stepford long after I've forgotten Beldame. 6y

Mdargusch I would definitely consider Stepford Wives as a type of horror book. I definitely loved the better developed characters in the Elementals like @Reviewsbylola 6y

Cinfhen Each book had its merit and both probably were #HorrorLite ~ love all the insight you guys offered @batsy @DebinHawaii @AmyG @Bookzombie @bookandbedandtea @peaknit @Bklover @Reviewsbylola @Pamwurtzler @CarolynM @Mdargusch 🧡 6y

GripLitGrl Horror lite sums them both up perfectly! The stepford wifes was more unsettling horror leaving you to imagine how scary it escalated to. The Elemental was more the horror I am used to in reading the build up was a bit slow but the ending was the build up the length was perfect 100 more pages I would've grew bored 6y

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