Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest read — Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana, a chilling tale of obsession, darkness, and devotion that goes far beyond reason. This one was another esteemed winner selected by the members of Horror Aficionados. This is also another one of those …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). This dystopian classic pushes one hundred teenage boys to their limits in a brutal endurance test — and only one can survive. Forty-six years feels like a long time. When you consider The …
Stephanie Booth is shit out of luck and jolly well fucked. AKA homeless. And it’s not through any fault of her own. As far as we’re aware, she’s done all the right things in life. She kept her head down, and she got a good education. At the time the book opens, she’s just finished …
This novel was another recommendation from Goodreads’ Horror Afficionados. It won the poll in March of this year, but it’s taken me that long to get hold of a copy from the library. For me, a big plus of requesting books that are picked by Horror Afficionados is that I have no idea what I’m …
Even if you’re not familiar with the name Josh Malerman, the chances are you’re familiar with his work without even realising it. Malerman was the author of the 2014 novel Bird Box, which became, arguably, better known for its 2018 movie adaptation starring Sandra Bullock. And even if you’re not familiar with the book or …
This was another monthly read winner on Goodreads’ Horror Aficionados – as I’ve previously mentioned in my Black River Orchard post. I’ve read a couple of Stephen Graham Jones’s books before, including My Heart is a Chainsaw and The Only Good Indians. Having enjoyed those, I was looking forward to checking this one out as …
Imagine a world where people no longer ate animals. That, to me, already sounds like a horror story. Or, if you’re a vegetarian/vegan, you might think this sounds wonderful. But wait, I haven’t finished. In this horror-dystopian novel, Tender is the Flesh, Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica presents a world where nobody eats animals, but they …