Last Days - Adam Nevill

Last Days

By Adam Nevill

  • Release Date: 2013-02-26
  • Genre: Horror
4 Score: 4 (From 116 Ratings)

Description

Last Days (winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel of the Year) by Adam Nevill is a Blair Witch style novel in which a documentary film-maker undertakes the investigation of a dangerous cult—with creepy consequences.

When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult known as the Temple of the Last Days, it appears his prayers have been answered. The cult became a worldwide phenomenon in 1975 when there was a massacre including the death of its infamous leader, Sister Katherine. Kyle's brief is to explore the paranormal myths surrounding an organization that became a testament to paranoia, murderous rage, and occult rituals. The shoot's locations take him to the cult's first temple in London, an abandoned farm in France, and a derelict copper mine in the Arizonan desert where The Temple of the Last Days met its bloody end. But when he interviews those involved in the case, those who haven't broken silence in decades, a series of uncanny events plague the shoots. Troubling out-of-body experiences, nocturnal visitations, the sudden demise of their interviewees and the discovery of ghastly artifacts in their room make Kyle question what exactly it is the cult managed to awaken – and what is its interest in him?

Reviews

  • Got 10% in got 100%

    1
    By tc_sting
    Author doesn’t know how to write an intriguing page. A yawn fest and waste of money. Please replace author with chatbot
  • Amazing read

    4
    By Cali2011paradise
    I really liked this book. Actually scared me and made me feel on edge. I loved the unraveling. Had to skip over some descriptive paragraphs that didn’t need to be in there and the end was left me wanting something more or less but I really did love it. Loved the layering within it
  • Pretty Great

    4
    By Dave Shook
    Mostly a really fun, really scary read. It definitely lost me toward the end, the conclusion was pretty unsatisfying and didn’t really mesh with the vibe of the rest of the book. Still, everything up to the last couple chapters was great. I’d definitely recommend it, just temper your expectations for the ending.
  • Lost me toward the end

    3
    By DCTX55
    I found this story gripping until I got toward the end. I get that it’s a supernatural horror story, but the events just got pretty outrageous in the context of the earlier parts of the book. The writing is good. I found the author’s voice surprisingly different than in The Ritual. Not better or worse (it’s great in both), just appropriately more direct with the character’s thoughts and history in this one.
  • Page turner!

    5
    By SamURye726
    I have had Nevill on my want to read list for awhile. Then the adaptation of The Ritual was on Netflix. I thought it was very scary. So then I picked Last Days to read first. The subject matter was so interesting. As soon as I began I didn’t want to put it down. Lots of scary evil stuff happening with great characters. This book was awesome. The way Nevill described the “Blood friends” put very vivid images in my mind and creeped me the heck out. Thank you Mr. Nevill for something so original and scary.
  • Great!

    5
    By tutankuamen
    I liked Last Days so much that I read it twice. It was even better the second time because I was able to get every little detail. The plot and characters hang together in a sensible, credible realism that doesn't get silly like so many horror books tend to do.

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