Horror

Scouts vs Worms (The Troop by Nick Cutter)

Do you like body-horror? Honestly, I don’t. But book “The Troop” came out with strange reviews: from “Disaster!” to “Masterpiece!” And, as is often the case, the truth, my truth, is exactly in the middle – not as bad as they say, but also nothing special or groundbreaking or anything like that. I will try…

May 23, 2022

Later by Stephen King

The book I’d like to talk about is the latest Stephen King novel I’ve read so far, “Later”. I read the book back in January. And I had hoped to do the video back in January… but it came out later.

May 7, 2022

The Good/Evil Writer (Stephen King’s The Dark Half)

Stephen King has some “impenetrable” works — books that are quite difficult to get through on the first try, even though they are not necessarily bad. I’d put The Regulators, Lisey’s Story, Rose Madder, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and, of course, The Dark Half in this category. I attempted to read The Dark…

June 11, 2020

Lost in the Forest (The Ritual by Adam Nevill)

For a couple of years now, I’ve had a small tradition: once a year, I read a book by Adam Nevill. This year, I’m planning to tackle Last Days; last year, it was The House of Small Shadows, and before that, Apartment 16. It all started, of course, with The Ritual, which we’ll discuss today.

May 28, 2020

Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon

“I just want some time to be a father!” With these words, in 1992, after a barrage of criticism for his work “On the Way South”, Robert McCammon slammed the door and left the world of literature. It would seem that being a writer is not like being an actor or musician, just sit at…

April 25, 2019