reading the Goodreads Choice Awards horror nominees... are they actually any good? 🤔

I found myself so irritated from basically as soon as it started the main character is hard to get on board with she's not only not like other girls but also kind of not like other humans she very much has a forced quirkiness to her that I find grading

it ended being okay for me sort of middle of the road I generally had a good time it was pretty quick and easy to get through there was one reveal that was sort of surprising to me we got a little bit more in the horror elements at the end but not nearly as much as I would have wanted and the direction it went in ended up being a little sillier than I'd hoped

this one was a Miss for me unfortunately I didn't despise everything about it but I didn't have a great time so for me dead 11 is a two star read

it was okay for me it was very middle of the road I gave it three stars in a similar vein to Sylvia Marino Garcia's horror books I just feel like this one had a really good concept A lot of potential but the execution just didn't quite serve the story

both of them had interesting Concepts and I felt like I should like them more than I did but in both cases the execution just didn't quite work for me I felt like in both of those books there were choices made that kind of undermined the horror I guess I didn't click with really any of the characters in either of those books

I thought Monstrilio was amazing it was one of the weirdest books I've ever read which for me is a great thing I love weird lits very strange it is horrifying it does have those sort of gory monstrous violent at times sort of body horror-esque horror elements that were more poignant and sad than they were scary just because of the context of the story

I liked my heart as a chainsaw I gave it three stars I think it didn't blow me away but I did like it I thought it was interesting

I finished reading natural beauty super late last night or early this morning and I really liked this book I loved how it ended it really ramped up in the body horror and Gore department at the end there it got wild and weird and I love horror that gets wild and weird so I was living for that I thought it was great

I really liked Rouge I gave it five stars I thought it was great and it was the other Contender for me out of the four I've read for getting my vote for this category but monio just beat it out a little bit but Rouge is also a fantastic book

silver nitrate I didn't find it scary I wasn't invested I didn't like the characters it just it wasn't my thing

this is a very emotional read it's very dark and disturbing it's very upsetting but it's also very moving it has amazing characters I loved Robbie and Gloria and I felt so invested in their journey and in their survival

I gave the September house three stars I think there were some great things about it some things I didn't love as much about it was a solid horror I think a lot of people will enjoy it there were just some things for me that didn't quite click but I liked it

the beautiful ones had a really interesting atmosphere to it I really liked the story beats and the choices that she made and I really connected with the characters even the unlikable ones were interesting