wasteland baby's Reviews > Straight

my second tingler!! (is a book a tingler even if it's not erotic in nature?? scholars remain divided)
happy to report that I enjoyed this one even more than Harriet Porber - Mr Tingle really nails the beats and thrills of the horror genre, crafting a story that's a legitimate page-turner, much more so than (in my opinion) the aforementioned romance/HP parody.

now, could this book have been better edited? sure, both on the line edit level (there is a tendency to blatantly spell out things that could work better if implied or skipped altogether) and on the odd plural/possessive error level. but that's not on Mr Tingle necessarily, as it is ideally the job of an editor; one of the reasons I'm looking forward to reading Camp Damascus is to see what a Tingle book looks like after a bit of a polish.
there is also the whole "will beat you over the head with the moral of the story repeatedly" bit, and your mileage may vary on that - I wouldn't necessarily single it out as a positive or a negative aspect of the story, it just *is*. I found that it really worked for me in Harriet Porber, where it was among the most appealing parts of the story, while here I think the plot worked better for me, so the direct messaging kinda disrupted my sense of suspense.

in conclusion, one crucial question remains - should M Night Shyamalan or Jordan Peele direct the film adaptation?? sound off in the comments, buckaroos.