Bill's Reviews > Horror Movie

I really like Paul Tremblay. His first three novels, Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, and The Cabin at the End of the World were all five star reads for me. It just seemed he couldn't miss.
Unfortunately he began to slip a bit for me after those.
Survivor Song I couldn't even finish. But it wasn't because of his writing ability. It was simply an action-packed thriller that I am pretty much never in the mood for. I respected what he was doing, it just wasn't the type of story I go for.
Then there was the Pallbearers Club, which I did admire, as far as the concept went, but his execution of it made it a tough go for me. I do appreciate that Paul Tremblay is a writer who likes to do totally different things with each novel, and it makes it exciting for his readers.

What I felt about the Pallbearers Club is exactly what I feel about Horror Movie. Great concept and interesting story, but for me the pacing and structure made it hard to stay immersed. I did stick with it and enjoyed it for the most part, but I have to say I am glad to be moving on to something else. AND, yes, I remain very enthusiastic about Paul Tremblay and can't wait to see what he comes up with next.
I did like it well enough at a three-star level.

And now a brief rant about something. I wasn't going to mention it, but I've changed my mind.
As I stated, this is an author I am excited about. So excited, that I bought this book only two days after its publication date because I didn't want to take the chance of stumbling upon any plot reveals. I love going into his books (any book, really) as blindly as possible.
I like to post my pages progress on Goodreads as I go. Sometimes I can be a little apprehensive about doing this because any time I see a notification that someone has commented I'm a little scared that someone has blurted something out.
It rarely happens because I think that I screen friend requests pretty well.
Until last week.
I posted that I was on page 38 and one of my Goodreads friends posted: "You will have to explain the ______ to me when you are finished"
This item that was mentioned was something that was a plot point that I had not yet come to. So obviously my reading experience was permanently and irrevokeably altered throughout the entire novel. I can't even begin to tell you how angry this makes me.
I responded to her to please not allude to any plot points and subsequently blocked her and deleted her comment. Hopefully noone else saw it in that time. As it turned out, it wasn't a massive spoiler, but it put something in my head that was ever present that altered (yes, spoiled) my reading experience.

Social media can be such a great thing but it's only as good as the people you choose to associate with. How someone couldn’t think that that would be an unwelcome thing to do is beyond me, but looking at her bio and the first thing she identified herself as gave me a good clue.
Folks like that are invariably idiots or (ironically) nasty people. I'm usually much better at screening friend requests but I guess I was feeling charitable the day I accepted hers. Oh well, she's blocked and I've still got great friends here who "get it".