I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book was so much fun. It was great to flip between past and present to get a better understanding of what brought these characters to this reunion and how each of them was approaching the idea. I flew through this book, and I think it makes for a great fun summer scare, or an awesome book to read to kick off spooky season this fall.
I absolutely loved the script excerpts scattered throughout. I’m a film lover so love reading scripts in general, but I also thought these were really well placed and helped with navigating tonal shifts/breaking up the book into sections.
Being in the head of a character that isn’t exactly a reliable narrator, but also isn’t deliberately withholding information in how she narrates was a really refreshing take on the concept of the unreliable narrator. While in the moment of reading I wasn’t sold on the killer’s reveal, looking back it’s fun to see how it intertwined with everything else going on.
Overall, it was a fun slasher book, and I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys horror movies and books, but especially for fans of The Pledge, Your Lonely Nights Are Over, and Mister Magic!