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Not enough mannequins. Hmm a bit too messy and conflicting for my taste. Would it have been better if it was probably a fleshed out novel? Maybe. I talked about it a bit more in depth here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67T8G...2 STARSTwitter | Bookstagram | Youtube |
Night of the Mannequins is a BRUTAL work of Psychological Horror, straight from the mind of one of my favorite Horror writers, Stephen Graham Jones.Jumping into this novella, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. To be honest, I never read the synopsis. I see the name, Stephen Graham Jones, on the cover and immediately pick it up. It's a compulsion.Night of the Mannequins follows Sawyer, and his group of friends, when a prank goes horribly wrong.Disguising a discarded mall mannequin as a patron at...
Well, shit! I’m the only person that didn’t like this book!! I wanted really creepy mannequins everywhere!! But no!! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
‘I’d read Frankenstein in AP English, so I knew you don’t just walk away from your creations. Not without consequences.’Growing up is hard to do. The friendships that seem unbreakable begin to wither and rust, things that once meant so much to us fade into oblivion, and we press on into the unknown. This can be frightening, especially for those who have difficulty being malleable against the tides of time. Then throw in a little murder…Stephen Graham Jones delivers a blissfully succinct horror s...
A really cool psychological horror novella that I enjoyed way more than I expected to! It begins with a group of friends playing a harmless prank but evolves into a multi-layered, chilling, violent and quite clever coming of age story. It's written from the POV of a teenage boy and it felt legit and made me laugh out loud a couple of times too.
This was so much fun. I have to figure out how to review it without spoiling anything, because the entire story was super different from what I initially expected, but I had a blast reading this. Update: it's been almost 2 years and I still don't know how to review this without spoiling it. It's just phenomenal and I recommend it to everyone, all the time.
I saw the title of this book and then saw the mostly positive reviews that said it felt like a slasher flick with a sense of humor. "All right," I think. "So we got a killer mannequin story. Should be fun."No, if that's what you're looking for, look elsewhere. There's no way to discuss the plot without spoilers, so... (view spoiler)[The plot is about a teenager who plays a prank, it goes wrong and he comes under the delusion that the mannequin used in the prank has come to life... he also believ...
This novella sounded like a fun, creepy throwback...so I jumped on it! This is about a prank gone awry amongst a group of teenaged friends. A prank involving a mannequin...and the bloody aftermath that this prank causes. 2.5 stars for originality, but I didn’t find it scary. I didn’t feel the 80’s slasher throwback vibe that the reviews described. The writing was stellar, and there were some shocking kills that I didn’t expect, but this just wasn’t my cup of cappuccino. ☕️ If anyone has recommen...
09/01/2020: This deliciously gory-campy novella is out and about in the world now, and boy I am PUMPED to foist this on my friends! So Shanna got a new job at the movie theatre, we thought we’d play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead, and I’m really starting to feel kind of guilty about it all. THIS, FOLKS, IS HOW NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS OPENS. The whole novella is a devilishly campy teen slasher that had me covering my eyes and busting out ugly-laughing in equal measure.All S
Beware, some might find spoiler-y content in my wee review below....What can I say? It's Hallowe'en. This was pret-ty bad, for me. Though, it might just be that I'm not into horror. If this is horror.A kid who has been off his meds for 3 days goes nuts, thinks a mannequin is going to kill his friends. So he starts killing them instead, out of a twisted sense of mercy.It isn't scary, it isn't amusing, and I really didn't enjoy being in this narrator's head. It's short, so it's got that going for
Fun, twisted, weird, sad. Like all of Stephen's stuff. Summed up by this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJSe...