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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After seeing the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation, I decided to give Clown in a Cornfield a try. It was a pretty fun and fast paced young adult horror that almost felt pretty inspired by Children of the Corn. I think the generational divide felt a little heavy handed and cartoonish, but overly I enjoyed this read.
Meh, a pretty straight forward and predictable slasher. And the reason for the action was weak at best.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
if this isn't a movie, it needs to be! gory forsure! can't wait to read the next one!
So, even though this is a YA horror book, it was entertaining enough that I went out the next day and bought the 2nd and 3rd books. (I don't think Barnes and Noble knew they weren't actually supposed to sell the 3rd book yet). I want to know how this trilogy ends!!! Plus, clowns freak me out, so I'm facing my fears!
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Definitely a fun horror book to read! I’m so excited for the movie! Glad I was able to read this before the film
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A teen slasher movie in book form. A girl's dad moves them to a small town to get away from the local notoriety of her mom's death, unknowingly dropping them into the stew of local tensions over a group of teens whose social media video pranks and hijinks led to an unfortunate tragedy the year before, and a suspicious fire months earlier, which really entrenched the grudge of some of the locals against these no-good teenagers, and got some of said no-good kids trying to put themselves back in the pranking spotlight to bury those earlier SNAFUs. One night someone dressed as the town's clown mascot starts to go on a killing spree, but who is it, and why?
All well and good, and there were a couple of little twists that made it not completely predictable, but if you like realism the final reveal doesn't entirely make sense (how do you convince [spoiler] to [spoiler]? It's a small town where everyone is interconnected, doesn't anyone have ties that would make them [spoiler]? New girl's been in town literally 2 or 3 days and been in public maybe twice, how in that short time has anyone got murderous beef with her?). I will say, though, there are a couple of well-written passages addressing the issue of intergenerational divide quite well.
Maybe I'm not the best audience for this book, since I prefer paranormal horror to slasher horror. If you enjoy slasher films, though, this could be your jam. You might give it more stars than I did. The writing is also simple and straightforward, not flowery or 'trying too hard', so it's not work to get through this; a nice, quick read.
Content warnings: Violence and gore (obviously), teen drinking and mention of marijuana, occasional swear words (nothing gratuitous; if you were being chased by a killer clown you'd drop a few verbal bombs too), but no sex.
All well and good, and there were a couple of little twists that made it not completely predictable, but if you like realism the final reveal doesn't entirely make sense (how do you convince [spoiler] to [spoiler]? It's a small town where everyone is interconnected, doesn't anyone have ties that would make them [spoiler]? New girl's been in town literally 2 or 3 days and been in public maybe twice, how in that short time has anyone got murderous beef with her?). I will say, though, there are a couple of well-written passages addressing the issue of intergenerational divide quite well.
Maybe I'm not the best audience for this book, since I prefer paranormal horror to slasher horror. If you enjoy slasher films, though, this could be your jam. You might give it more stars than I did. The writing is also simple and straightforward, not flowery or 'trying too hard', so it's not work to get through this; a nice, quick read.
Content warnings: Violence and gore (obviously), teen drinking and mention of marijuana, occasional swear words (nothing gratuitous; if you were being chased by a killer clown you'd drop a few verbal bombs too), but no sex.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
I don't normally do YA, but I just can't resist bad things happening in a cornfield.
The first two thirds of this book were a blast. Classic slasher. So much fun. The last third was a drag. Maybe it's because I'm an adult, but the message was pretty eyeroll inducing for me. I would have preferred if the clown was supernatural, or if it just ended with the first dead clown. Would have been 4.5 stars if it ended there.
The first two thirds of this book were a blast. Classic slasher. So much fun. The last third was a drag. Maybe it's because I'm an adult, but the message was pretty eyeroll inducing for me. I would have preferred if the clown was supernatural, or if it just ended with the first dead clown. Would have been 4.5 stars if it ended there.