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Off Season (Dead River, #1)

Jack Ketchum

Start date: August 1, 2024

Finish date: August 31, 2024

Discussion: Group Reads

Why we're reading this: This is the August 2024 poll winner.
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May 09, 2024 Cherise Isabella rated it it was amazing

Shelves: slasher-horror

"Every so often life reminded you of how grimy and carnal a creature man could be if he set himself to it."

I have had Off Season on my tbr for a long time now and I was super excited to get my hands on it this month. Unfortunately for me, I did not know they were two versions of this book out there. The depraved, gory and extremely bloody version, and then the more watered own version. At first, I started reading the more watered down and highly edited version, until a fellow lover of depravity ...more

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Aug 14, 2024 Charlene (Char)🍁☕️📚 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

One Night

Wow
Even after reading this book it still lingers.
This book was selected for my monthly August read and this was a great selection. I have read Jack Ketchum before but I can honestly say this book is definitely unhinged. This book was a slow burn for me slow at some parts but when the action started I was held captive. This book is about a woman who has a cabin in the woods to meet a deadline and have a nice vacation. So she decides to invite her sister, her friends and ex what could po ...more

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Apr 04, 2024 Sophie rated it really liked it

Shelves: violent, disturbing, horror

I found this to be the literary equivalent of the hills have eyes but somehow more gruesome, and based in a forest. This book is packed full of rapey, brutal, in-bred murderers. This was a really good and entertaining read.

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Oct 10, 2021 Karisa rated it really liked it

I loved this book BUT nothing really even happens until 45% of the way through. I dragged ass the whole first boring half of the book and then sped through the last half because I couldn’t get enough of it.

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