Sometimes I Scare Myself: A Collection of Horror

 

I don't do horror at all, as a kid Goosebumps terrified me. I did not read the books and in class when it was Halloween and we were watching the show the teacher let me go to the library because it scared me so badly. However I enjoy Jeneva Rose and decided to step out of my comfort zone to give Sometimes I Scare Myself a try. 

The first story Never Kill the Medium was my least favorite of the three. It just did not hit me as interesting or really scary. It was gory though.

The second story The Nightmare House was my favorite. I ate it up in one sitting and just could not stop reading. I liked the characters, the plot, and even the ending. 

The third story All Curses are Final sounded the most interesting to me. I even liked it up until the very end. The ending was lack luster and just felt like the story was being wrapped up too quickly.

Gentle spoiler if you read the acknowledgements Mrs. Rose admits that one story will get a sequel and I am hoping it is The Nightmare House. Of all the stories that is the only one that scared me in parts. 

The Whisper Man

 

I finally found a book worth reviewing. I also had a struggle trying to get a copy of The Whisper Man. The new bookstore could not order it for some reason, the library did not have it in any format, and the used bookstore did not have it either. When I was out of town I went out of the way to go to Barnes and Noble to get a copy.

So many characters and points of view yet I felt like I knew all the characters. The story was heavy with male characters and yet it worked. I liked seeing things from males point of views in a thriller since I am not overly familiar with that format.

 

The drawbacks it is a slow moving story the whole time. It was just eerie enough I kept reading. I was actually hesitant to read the story since it was listed as horror but no part of the book scared me. As a child goosebumps scared me so either I outgrew being scared of books or I just found nothing scary about the story. 

The writing was well done and a lot of words are in the book. It has a lot of words on every page and the book itself is dense. If you want fast paced and cliff hangers on each chapter this is not the book for you.