Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: The Dead Wake
Anthology
Subtitle: The Dead Wake
Horror Collection Vol 1
Author:
Ellie Douglas
Genre: Horror
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 1st
Best read after earlier
books in series? No
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37796906-the-dead-wake-horror-collection-vol-1
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 4/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This book is a collection of horror stories,
generally zombie-like creatures sprouting up in the stories. It is a great read
for lovers of zombie stories and the author’s style of writing is great. The
genre does not really appeal to me, but the way the author has written the
stories, made me want to keep turning the page after all. Even if I did not
really like the goriness of the stories.
What
I liked about the book:
I particularly liked the author’s writing
style, which kept me changing the pages although the genre made we wish the
book was finished. This really was a contradiction in feelings as I wanted to
know the outcome of the story but didn’t
really want to read the story either. Confused? Yes, so was I.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I wasn’t impressed by subject. Zombie stories
don’t appeal to me at all.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I loved when stories appeared to have a happy
ending. But did they really? Sorry, this genre really is not my cup of tea.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I didn’t like the genre but loved the author’s style of writing.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
I understand from the vol. 1 part of the
title that there will be or are more books in this series.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book reminded me of no other books I
have read so far. As mentioned earlier, this is really not the genre for me.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for
the following readers:
Children
|
No
|
Young
Adult
|
Yes?
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Adult
|
Yes
|
If you like Horror
and zombie stories this book is the book for you.
If this author would also write different
genres of books to horror, I would look
forward to reading more books by this author. Horror is, however, really not my
cup of tea. But, I loved the author’s style of writing.
Book
Description by Author:
Ten utterly gruesome tales, that will disable you. You won’t
know what hit you. You will from this day
forward sleep with one eye open. Insist
that all the lights stay on...always. You will
begin a ritual; checking under your bed, inside the closet and double checking
your windows. Throw into this the sick and twisted and the utterly crazy humor and your stomach will explode. With some
erotica, you’ll be hot and sweaty and wont
know which way to run...and
you’ll be scared for life. In the
best possible way.
About
the Author:
I’m Ellie Douglas, and like you, I love horror, everything about
horror, the goriest and most gruesome of horrors is the ultimate. I can’t get
enough. So much so that I write horror. That need to be graphic, and explicit
with my horror scenes makes me stand out. I give what I want to read to others,
so now they can enjoy a true horror story.
I’m not all about just being graphic, I also build characters that the readers will love and or hate, so they can feel pulled right inside of the story that they are reading. It gives me so much enjoyment when I hear remarks like, ‘You made me want to puke,’ ‘I have nightmares every damned night –thanks,’ and ‘Quentin Tarantino and Steven King made a baby, YOU!’ when I hear comments like that, I know then I’ve succeeded, that also pushes me into writing more and becoming even better.
I’m fun loving, generous and very mysterious. I enjoy spending time with my family, and have four children to keep the horror writing alive. I enjoy helping others and volunteer my services to help Autistic children, I love cosplay and the chance to dress up as a monster, zombie or some other gritty character is fun, oh so much fun.
I love summer, and well…I hate winter. I live in New Zealand and feel often too far away from all the cool stuff going on in the world. I love helping people all the time. I’ve got my hands dipped in a few things, I write books, but I also make professional book covers for other authors, I also create adult coloring books and I have a gambling app that I designed on the apple store :) I’ve always got a project going, be it writing or creating, that is who I am and I love it :)
My ultimate aim is to give back, paying it forward, to constantly better myself and give the audience amazing stories. Let me scare you…
I’m not all about just being graphic, I also build characters that the readers will love and or hate, so they can feel pulled right inside of the story that they are reading. It gives me so much enjoyment when I hear remarks like, ‘You made me want to puke,’ ‘I have nightmares every damned night –thanks,’ and ‘Quentin Tarantino and Steven King made a baby, YOU!’ when I hear comments like that, I know then I’ve succeeded, that also pushes me into writing more and becoming even better.
I’m fun loving, generous and very mysterious. I enjoy spending time with my family, and have four children to keep the horror writing alive. I enjoy helping others and volunteer my services to help Autistic children, I love cosplay and the chance to dress up as a monster, zombie or some other gritty character is fun, oh so much fun.
I love summer, and well…I hate winter. I live in New Zealand and feel often too far away from all the cool stuff going on in the world. I love helping people all the time. I’ve got my hands dipped in a few things, I write books, but I also make professional book covers for other authors, I also create adult coloring books and I have a gambling app that I designed on the apple store :) I’ve always got a project going, be it writing or creating, that is who I am and I love it :)
My ultimate aim is to give back, paying it forward, to constantly better myself and give the audience amazing stories. Let me scare you…
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