The Twisted Ones - T. Kingfisher

The Twisted Ones

By T. Kingfisher

  • Release Date: 2019-10-01
  • Genre: Horror
3.5 Score: 3.5 (From 302 Ratings)

Description

Winner of the RUSA Award for Best Horror

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show.

When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be?

Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more—Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants…until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.

Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrors—because sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and they’re looking for you. And if she doesn’t face them head on, she might not survive to tell the tale.

From Hugo Award–winning author Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones is a gripping, terrifying tale bound to keep you up all night—from both fear and anticipation of what happens next.

Reviews

  • A definite page turner

    4
    By Cujo4401
    Very enjoyable read. Humor lighten dark moments wonderfully. The lore was doled out in an even hand that made me want to keep reading. The fuzzy memory of the writer added to the authenticity of the story.
  • Great

    5
    By Gerawrdine
    As mentioned from previous reviews, this book has its jokes. When things start to get creepy or deeper into the plot the characters are always cracking a joke which keeps things lighthearted for people who get spooked easily. Very easy to read and I personally enjoyed how direct it is vs a book with 1000 adjectives about a character and their behavior.
  • REALLY GOOD!!!

    5
    By Yung Shawty tbh
    omg i don’t remember anything but this book was delicious
  • Well down and intriguing

    4
    By tc_sting
    Worth reading but minus one star because the humor grinds after the same style joke plays over and over again
  • Extremely creepy but also funny

    4
    By iamellaelise
    Great stuff
  • Great Story and Writing

    5
    By DCTX55
    This is a great book. The story is pleasantly straight forward in that the author didn’t feel the need to tell it from the perspective of a thousand different characters, while also original and creative. The voice she gives the narrator is relatable and appropriately humorous at times. Very easy reading.

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