The Twisted Ones

The Twisted Ones

2019 • 331 pages

Ratings77

Average rating3.7

15

Contains spoilers

C-9

A-9

W-9

P-9

I-9

L-8

E-9

TOTAL-8.86/10

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CAWPILE

Characters

Mouse and Bongo

Tomas

Foxy

Enid

Cotgrave

Loved the character of Mouse and Bongo. Foxy was Foxy, was good at points, but a little too much at others.

Atmosphere

Very well done. I was shaking while reading. I twisted myself like the twisted ones. What a Line! The eeriness of the effigy just watching and the Click click click. Chills everytime

Writing

Good writing, I enjoyed that it’s a “found story” also that it has a found story in it. I thought it played well with the narrative of not knowing if any or who survives.

Plot

Good plot plenty of twists

Investment

Heavily Invested in seeing where this ended up. And what is going on.

Logic

Great consistency, I just wish I knew more, but then it wouldn’t be horror but sci-fi.

Why did they avoid the Grandma, why and what mostly.

Also Mouse at the first sign of getting freaked out. You needed a metal bat for some bone breaking. That’s my only – here. No weapon for mouse

Enjoyment

While I don’t usually enjoy Horror, I really enjoyed this book, very creepy, with enough breaks to keep me feeling ok.

Misc

Whole lives hinging on Linoleum

Anna Fakeout- I thought she had kidnapped him maybe, until literally just before like 1 sentence before

Real world vs fake world distortion

Horny Stone

Click Click Click, caused by the effigy’s stones

Mouse’s editorializing Cotgraves’ book

Dog humor on Point. Watch the serial kill kill me

I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself about like the twisted ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the dead ones.

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July 23, 2024