Necat

by Jos Crane

In the world of Necat, strangers are warped into a white room an instant before they die. This room prepares them for a world not too dissimilar from their own, with one key difference: there is no one except this group of people and a demon. In this world, they fight for their lives to earn points and return to their natural world after the demon is defeated as if nothing ever happened. The cycle continues until they have accumulated enough points to break it.

NECAT follows the stories of many people who navigate their way through two worlds. Kyle and Matt are long-term friends who happened to die on the same day and find themselves both in Necat. Together, they discover the backgrounds of their fellow survivors, the truth behind the demons, and devise a plan to escape forever.

Genres: Horror, Fiction

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2022

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very promising premise, that didn’t quite deliver. I’m not sure what happened with the editor, but there were too many grammatical mistakes and overused verbiage. Needless sexual scenarios seemed to have been sprinkled into the story without justification. Overall, the premise was interesting enough it did push the story up for me!

[Lydia Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you die, you are transported to some video-game like land (Necat), where you get a chance to win back your life. As you survive each round, you earn points toward your life - if you die in Necat, it's over.
Three stars because the idea was very interesting. Obviously, Crane put a lot of time into creating Necat, where the recently deceased battle avatars of the scum of society. But, I wish he had spent half as much time developing the characters, which were so vague as to be forgettable. And for some reason the protagonist kept changing as the book went on, but without any real shift of POV.
The book begged some heavy editing. Whole sections could have been cut out (did we really have to read about teenage boy masturbation - TWICE - in the first ten pages?) while other areas desperatley needed more explanation. I would have loved to see this book in the hands of an amazing author - or a talented but vicious editor.

[Jericka · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. The concept was really cool but I felt like it could have been executed better. The writing style wasn't my favorite and there were a lot of grammar mistakes, more the further into the book.

I felt weird about how there was a lot of sexual innuendo in here, especially because I thought it was a horror. Well, it IS but the sex just seemed out of place...

Quite repetitive and you don't really find out much by the end about the whole thing...

But like I said, interesting concepts.

[Richard Piaser · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are interesting ideas but they're really overshadowed by typos, consistently bizarre behavior displayed by characters (having sex immediately after "hello"), repetitive words and phrases, and lack of depth in both characters and situation. Some things, such as the " Seeds of Evil" as they are referred to, open the door to further elaborate on the world the story is set in, but these are quickly brushed over. Again, cool concept, but the distracting negative aspects really take away from the story.

[Bobbi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great premise that absolutely did not deliver. Even at 162 pgs, this was a slog for me.