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STEVE HARRIS - ADVENTURELAND aka THE EYES OF THE BEAST

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  SHORT THOUGHTS As ive said previously - Funfairs/Carnivals - perfect for horror books.  Ghost trains, Clown faces.  How can you go wrong... Well...  Ill be honest, i have NO idea how to review this book. Near 600 pages that should have been 350 maximum. The book started off great with people disappearing in the ghost train.  Spooky stuff.... Then the book nosedived and became so painfully slow that on at least 3 occasions I nearly DNF'd even though I was over halfway through.  It has taken me over a fortnight to get through whereas I average 2 nights a book.  What started as an old school horror then started throwing every horror trope you could ever think of into the mix... A Giant?  Check! A troll?  Check! Zombies? Check! Posession of Bodies? Check!  Hell? Check! Eating Victims? Check! The only thing I can think of that this book missed was Vampires.  It has to be said though the last 100 pages did pick up and it was a decent e...

JESSICA GUESS - CIRQUE BERSERK (REWIND OR DIE #4)

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The summer of 1989 brought terror to the town of Shadows Creek, Florida in the form of a massacre at the local carnival, Cirque Berserk. One fateful night, a group of teens killed a dozen people then disappeared into thin air. No one knows why they did it, where they went, or even how many of them there were, but legend has it they still roam the abandoned carnival, looking for blood to spill. Thirty years later, best friends, Sam and Rochelle, are in the midst of a boring senior trip when they learn about the infamous Cirque Berserk. Seeking one last adventure, they and their friends journey to the nearby Shadows Creek to see if the urban legends about Cirque Berserk are true. But waiting for them beyond the carnival gates is a night of brutality, bloodshed, and betrayal. Will they make they make it out alive, or will the carnival’s past demons extinguish their futures?        SHORT THOUGHTS This is book 4 in the Rewind or Die Series (all books are self ...