Hey there book lovers! It is your old pal, Ninetoes, coming at you with a review of Thomas Clark’s SummerHome. I have coffee in my system, and my thinking cap on, so let’s do this!
I am a fan of horror, especially from a relatively unknown author. I like the stuff by an up-and-comer, as opposed to a AAA author. I came across Thomas Clark on my social media feeds and looked into his stuff. I had never heard of “Splatterfolk” and it intrigued me. I got SummerHome, and even listed it as Your Weekend Fun Read for this past weekend. Let’s get down to it.
SummerHome is an assisted living facility. Maureen Coleman is their newest resident, put there by her children Sean Spencer and Meghan Coleman (Same mother different fathers), it was not an easy decision for the children but one that is necessary due to her early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Maureen believes she is seeing the ghost of her first husband, and the residents start dying one by one. There is a ghostly cat that is wandering the halls, and when it goes into patients’ rooms, the patients die horribly. Like really horribly, the stuff of Stephen King and Clive Barker’s nightmares kind of horrible. There is a centuries-old entity that needs the patients to die so it can walk the earth again. This entity has ties to the Coleman family, and nothing is ever going to be the same again…Ever.
This book moves fast. Before you know it, you are halfway through, and then the next thing you know you are done. The gore is intense. The manner of patient deaths is creative, like next level, grab a cross and an Ouija board as well as some voodoo spells for protection kind of creative. I read some of the manner of death to my wife and she asked “What the hell are you reading?” I told her with great joy what I was reading.
As good as the book is, there are some misspelled words, and some missing punctuation. This was not glaring enough to take away from the overall enjoyment of the book.
Would I recommend this book to my friends? I already have. Would I recommend it to you? I am.
I give this book 4.5 bookmarks out of 5.
Happy Reading!
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a creative, atmospheric folk horror that kept me hooked from beginning to end
SummerHome was a creative, atmospheric folk horror that kept me hooked from beginning to end. Every time I thought it was safe to question why he dubbed his style "splatterfolk" I was greeted with a scene reminding me just how gruesome Mr. Clark's writing can be. Without losing the storyline. We follow one family. After siblings, Sean and Meghan, after they have their mother, Maureen placed in a seemingly wonderful assisted living community, post stroke. Quickly, Maureen's condition seems to worsen as the siblings themselves experience strange dreams and occurrences. There is something very wrong at SummerHome and it is not your average haunting. Chock full of Celtic lore, tension, humor and characters I loved to love and hate, I look forward to reading more of his work
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SummerHome was a creative, atmospheric folk horror that kept me hooked from beginning to end. Every time I thought it was safe to question why he dubbed his style "splatterfolk" I was greeted with a scene reminding me just how gruesome Mr. Clark's writing can be. Without losing the storyline.
a creative, atmospheric folk horror that kept me hooked from beginning to end
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
We follow one family. After siblings, Sean and Meghan, after they have their mother, Maureen placed in a seemingly wonderful assisted living community, post stroke. Quickly, Maureen's condition seems to worsen as the siblings themselves experience strange dreams and occurrences. There is something very wrong at SummerHome and it is not your average haunting.
Chock full of Celtic lore, tension, humor and characters I loved to love and hate, I look forward to reading more of his work
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