Stephen Graham Jones

Don't Fear the Reaper

Jonnie

"Batman would save everyone," he mumbles. "He didn't have to choose like this."

I got really bogged down reading this and took a lot of long breaks, but I have finished it, at long last. The twists are all fantastic, but I feel like they happen too fast and aren't given enough time. But maybe I just read them too fast. The characters are much more fleshed out here than in the first book and it's really fascinating to see their growth, regression, and trauma. It's really, really satisfying. The only reason it loses half a star is that it didn't grip me the way the first one did, I had to really push through, and I'm glad I did because it was so worth it.

like a variety of slashers, I’ll take myself back (or show up unannounced) to Proofrock any time Jade and SGJ will have me <3 

John Vetter

December 12th, 2019, Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings, in this riveting sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw from New York Times bestselling author, Stephen Graham Jones. Four years after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as soon as she returns to Proofrock. Convicted Serial Killer, Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes from his prison transfer due to a blizzard, just outside of Proofrock, Idaho. Dark Mill South’s Reunion Tour began on December 12th, 2019, a Thursday. Thirty-six hours and twenty bodies later, on Friday the 13th, it would be over. Don’t Fear the Reaper is the page-turning sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones.

Patrick Book

This does a really wonderful job of building out the world created in the first one!

kelsey

Lara Engle

This one took some time to get through. I think there were too many voices. I really just wanted to hear from Jade and Letha. One or two others might have been fine, like Hardy and the one writing the reports. But having SO MANY narrators really bogged down the narrative. Don't get me wrong, I'm still reading everything he writes. I just wanted this to be snappier. The action was well-done and everything having to do with Jade and Letha was great. They're really the soul of this trilogy and I will always love them.

Boothby

Warier and more weathered then the first, which is a great development and very honest to who Jennifer is now. Still raw and bloody with a heartfelt core. 

There was an undercurrent of this desperate grief in the wake of the lake witch always, but the book keeps running, and never lets the sadness entirely catch up. Masterful dynamic

Reapply your eyeliner at the skank station and get ready for a bitter, bitter treat.

Don't Fear the Reaper

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