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Black Friday
Jared the kleptomanic, Chike the unemployed IT guy, Patricia the shopaholic, and Jeff the drug dealer are trapped inside a Chicago super mall on Black Friday.
Bridgefield Mall empties during a fire alarm, and most of the shoppers drive off into a strange mist surrounding the mall parking lot.
They never return.
Chike and his group of survivors try calling friends and family, but their smart phones won't work, not even Twitter.
As the wall of mist inches closer, the mall lights flicker and surge. Bulbs shatter and spray glass into the air. In the chaos, the drug dealer becomes unhinged and hunts the group from inside the mall.
Cornered by the mist, and hunted from within, Chike and the survivors must fight for their lives while solving the mystery of just what happened to Bridgefield Mall.
Sometimes, a good sale just isn't worth it.
Bridgefield Mall empties during a fire alarm, and most of the shoppers drive off into a strange mist surrounding the mall parking lot.
They never return.
Chike and his group of survivors try calling friends and family, but their smart phones won't work, not even Twitter.
As the wall of mist inches closer, the mall lights flicker and surge. Bulbs shatter and spray glass into the air. In the chaos, the drug dealer becomes unhinged and hunts the group from inside the mall.
Cornered by the mist, and hunted from within, Chike and the survivors must fight for their lives while solving the mystery of just what happened to Bridgefield Mall.
Sometimes, a good sale just isn't worth it.
263 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 8, 2017
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Michael Hodges
49 books147 followersMichael Hodges is an American speculative fiction writer. His debut novel, The Puller, was released on April 24, 2015. Film rights for The Puller were purchased by Sonny Mallhi, producer of the film classic "The Strangers". The Puller was acquired by award winning publisher PYR in 2021. Tentative release date is November 2021. Michael's latest release is a short story collection called "The Gloaming". Michael's short stories have been published in over twenty magazines and anthologies, and he's a member of the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
He's also taught writing with Game of Thrones editor Anne Groell. His novel, "Black Friday" was called a "Glorious work of literature" by Horror Novel Reviews.
Along with writing fiction, Hodges is a professional nature photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine (Best Adventure Photography of the Year) and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other. He loves hearing from readers at:
facebook.com/MichaelHodgesAuthor/
or his website:
https://michaelhodgesfiction.com/
He's also taught writing with Game of Thrones editor Anne Groell. His novel, "Black Friday" was called a "Glorious work of literature" by Horror Novel Reviews.
Along with writing fiction, Hodges is a professional nature photographer, with work appearing in Outside Magazine (Best Adventure Photography of the Year) and newspapers, amongst other places. Animals often play a big role in his fiction, and the two art forms feed each other. He loves hearing from readers at:
facebook.com/MichaelHodgesAuthor/
or his website:
https://michaelhodgesfiction.com/
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June 20, 2017
Langoliers in a mall.
There were some things I liked about this book, which makes me waffle a bit between 2 and 3 stars, ultimately though the roughness of this book and over use of cliches has me deem this just good, instead of what it could have been. And too bad, because I don't think much would have to be changed to improve this.
1) crème -- this adjective was used far too frequently, to describe everything from walls to phones to cradles to sweaters to... you get the idea. Seeing it used twice in a single page to describe random unrelated items was where I finally snapped and started getting annoyed on the umpteenth use. Poorly edited and proofread too, sentences that didn't make sense, fun times with apostrophes etc.
2) dialogue was wincingly bad in spots--especially between the kid and the vet. And almost everything the overly earnest mall cop had to say.
3) At one point I began to doubt that the author was American and went to check to see, since while the layout of the mall was described in extensive detail, nothing about the depiction of an actual Black Friday made sense. But he is and I'm still confused. The sheer numbers of people alone on a Black Friday would be waaaay more than what is described in the book, especially since it's supposedly the largest enclosed mall in America (instead of the death count in book there would be way more, like times 10). And people would be over in the TV or monitor section (which was pointedly depicted as completely barren) for special promos on Black Friday and not fighting over $2 waffle irons.
On Black Friday at largest mall, but only like a 1,000 people there, a maniac kills himself while ranting about Mayan calendar, someone pulls a fire alarm... and
somehow only like 6 people stayed inside, even though one was knocked out from being trampled and it seemed like the rush to get out there would be more injured lying around, but no, just 6 were slow in getting out, and then meanwhile thanks to convenient CERN collider next door, the mall was transported to a Langoliers like Negative zone, surrounded by fog, with a unending drop around the mall.
I liked these parts the best--though the characters were all pretty terrible--and Hodges has his moments. More could have been done with the flickering lights in the fog or how random animals started showing up in the mall or lengthening the time frame of events, from the 6 hours or so in the book, to adding more characters--it would have spared the rush and hurried up feel if this whole area was explored better. The characters knew though that they were like teleported with the mall to some crazy zone high in the sky, but rather do what I would (I'd be an NPC in Dead Rising--take over a store, immediately start stockpiling precious goods), it's all pants-wetting, eating till you vomit (while never changing clothes), peeing over ipads in the Apple Store, jackass behavior, scarfing down cookies and vicodin, instead of actually panicking more like a regular person would do.
4) So since the main issue (being whisked away to a nether land trapped inside the mall) was relegated to mostly an aside that somewhere hopefully scientists are working on, we can get down to the main well worn two plot lines you see in far too many books: romance and crazed psycho out to get you for no real reason. The romance was hackneyed and Laura's redemption from druggy slut to devoted girlfriend was only really made possible in that she was really really wealthy thanks to trust fund. The friendship between all of them also felt unbelievable, but at least it helped them all band together to fight the lunatic meth head wandering the mall, plotting to rape and murder all of them The Shining style.
I am sure evil, bitter white guy, with a past for murder and rape, and desire for more of the same is fun to write, otherwise I'm not sure why they're a main character in like every third book and I'm so tired of their long soliloquies. The hunt in the fog was actually well done, but everything after that slid downhill for me, into complete cheese. Not to totally slam this book--it was a quick read, fun in parts, annoying in others.
There were some things I liked about this book, which makes me waffle a bit between 2 and 3 stars, ultimately though the roughness of this book and over use of cliches has me deem this just good, instead of what it could have been. And too bad, because I don't think much would have to be changed to improve this.
1) crème -- this adjective was used far too frequently, to describe everything from walls to phones to cradles to sweaters to... you get the idea. Seeing it used twice in a single page to describe random unrelated items was where I finally snapped and started getting annoyed on the umpteenth use. Poorly edited and proofread too, sentences that didn't make sense, fun times with apostrophes etc.
2) dialogue was wincingly bad in spots--especially between the kid and the vet. And almost everything the overly earnest mall cop had to say.
3) At one point I began to doubt that the author was American and went to check to see, since while the layout of the mall was described in extensive detail, nothing about the depiction of an actual Black Friday made sense. But he is and I'm still confused. The sheer numbers of people alone on a Black Friday would be waaaay more than what is described in the book, especially since it's supposedly the largest enclosed mall in America (instead of the death count in book there would be way more, like times 10). And people would be over in the TV or monitor section (which was pointedly depicted as completely barren) for special promos on Black Friday and not fighting over $2 waffle irons.
On Black Friday at largest mall, but only like a 1,000 people there, a maniac kills himself while ranting about Mayan calendar, someone pulls a fire alarm... and
somehow only like 6 people stayed inside, even though one was knocked out from being trampled and it seemed like the rush to get out there would be more injured lying around, but no, just 6 were slow in getting out, and then meanwhile thanks to convenient CERN collider next door, the mall was transported to a Langoliers like Negative zone, surrounded by fog, with a unending drop around the mall.
I liked these parts the best--though the characters were all pretty terrible--and Hodges has his moments. More could have been done with the flickering lights in the fog or how random animals started showing up in the mall or lengthening the time frame of events, from the 6 hours or so in the book, to adding more characters--it would have spared the rush and hurried up feel if this whole area was explored better. The characters knew though that they were like teleported with the mall to some crazy zone high in the sky, but rather do what I would (I'd be an NPC in Dead Rising--take over a store, immediately start stockpiling precious goods), it's all pants-wetting, eating till you vomit (while never changing clothes), peeing over ipads in the Apple Store, jackass behavior, scarfing down cookies and vicodin, instead of actually panicking more like a regular person would do.
4) So since the main issue (being whisked away to a nether land trapped inside the mall) was relegated to mostly an aside that somewhere hopefully scientists are working on, we can get down to the main well worn two plot lines you see in far too many books: romance and crazed psycho out to get you for no real reason. The romance was hackneyed and Laura's redemption from druggy slut to devoted girlfriend was only really made possible in that she was really really wealthy thanks to trust fund. The friendship between all of them also felt unbelievable, but at least it helped them all band together to fight the lunatic meth head wandering the mall, plotting to rape and murder all of them The Shining style.
I am sure evil, bitter white guy, with a past for murder and rape, and desire for more of the same is fun to write, otherwise I'm not sure why they're a main character in like every third book and I'm so tired of their long soliloquies. The hunt in the fog was actually well done, but everything after that slid downhill for me, into complete cheese. Not to totally slam this book--it was a quick read, fun in parts, annoying in others.
January 26, 2018
Five strangers brave the Black Friday crowds and then ignore the fire alarm while thousands of other people stampede out of the building and disappear beyond a creepy fog that suddenly surrounds the building. It's a bit like a creepy Breakfast club. You have the trustfund millenial, the shopaholic soccer mom, the unemployed vet, the still-lives-at-home nerdy gamer, and the soon-to-be criminal hooligan teenager. While they are trapped in a veritable holiday nightmare, they will form unexpected bonds and face their own character flaws. But instead of facing down a farce of a principle, they have to contend with a delusional sociopath, a hoard of Komodo Dragons, and the mystery of what happened to the mall. Black friday is a fun read for those bah humbuggers who are suspicious of the commercialization and jovality of the holiday season.
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Find Black Friday at Westminster Public Library today!
March 3, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The setting is a large shopping mall in the Midwest where a diverse group of characters witness a strange event that will shake them to the very core of their existence. It begins when a man commits suicide by jumping from one of the upper levels to the floor below, killing a fellow shopper in the process. This is followed by the sound of the fire alarm causing hordes of people to rush to exit the mall. Only a few, to their good (?) fortune, remain inside and they will become the survivors.
Hodges sets his characters up carefully and we get to know them bit by bit. They are not perfect people – they all have flaws and their survival will depend, partially, on their overcoming these personal issues.
The pace of the novel is relentless and the tension mounts, especially after we are introduced to Jeff, a psychopathic trucker.
Hodges’ little group of survivors are well-developed characters, complex, and realistic. His writing is crisp and the result, for me, was a real page-turner with a surprising ending. This was a satisfying horror novel and I highly recommend it to lovers of the genre.
I received a free copy of this novel as an active member of the Horror Writers Association.
Hodges sets his characters up carefully and we get to know them bit by bit. They are not perfect people – they all have flaws and their survival will depend, partially, on their overcoming these personal issues.
The pace of the novel is relentless and the tension mounts, especially after we are introduced to Jeff, a psychopathic trucker.
Hodges’ little group of survivors are well-developed characters, complex, and realistic. His writing is crisp and the result, for me, was a real page-turner with a surprising ending. This was a satisfying horror novel and I highly recommend it to lovers of the genre.
I received a free copy of this novel as an active member of the Horror Writers Association.
November 15, 2017
I LOVED IT! The ending provided a great twist that tied all the characters together, and it was also suspenseful by keeping me reading to find out what was going to happen to the various characters. Although it had a happy ending, the actual reason behind the plot was unexpected and different, which is why I gave this book five stars.
December 18, 2019
Black Friday is a fun read with plenty of suspense. The characters are quirky and human and I found myself rooting for some while hoping an ill fate would meet others. It kept me turning pages until the end.
If you already consider battling the throngs to go Black Friday shopping scary, this will reinforce your fears. If not, this book may change your mind.
If you already consider battling the throngs to go Black Friday shopping scary, this will reinforce your fears. If not, this book may change your mind.
November 29, 2017
What a ride. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be in Patricia's shoes. No doubt this story will change the way you view Black Friday and Malls....forever.
August 6, 2020
Slow start but it grew on me.
July 21, 2017
Well, the story seemed straight forward for the first 2 thirds. Predictable and scary. Then it took a turn for the VERY weird. Never saw the end coming. Probably one of the most strange stories I have ever read...........but good.
February 13, 2020
A fresh voice
This is the first author I have read with a distinct witting style in a while.
I found this story to have a good balance of humour and suspense. He has a brilliant imagination and a unique voice!
This is the first author I have read with a distinct witting style in a while.
I found this story to have a good balance of humour and suspense. He has a brilliant imagination and a unique voice!
January 15, 2020
Driving With No Brakes!
This is how I felt reading this book. I've not had the pleasure of having a book grab my attention like Black Friday did in a long time. I never thought I'd ever compare a author to any of the greats that dominate this genre, but here he is; Michael Hodges.
Who hasn't been disappointed when reading a book that the author's been touted to being as good as, or better than King, Straub, and of course Koontz? To many time's, right? I seldom leave my Apocalyptic worlds, rarely. Black Friday takes you on a intense journey. Driving thru a snowy city with no brakes, scared to keep going because of what might be ahead, what might be coming at you from around the corner. A car zooming in ahead of you and braking hard! This story is like that, you have to turn the page, but you're so tense already and turning that page is going to increase that sitting on a taut wire feeling. One slight touch from someone and like a cartoon cat, you'll be hanging from your nails off the ceiling!
I gave you a brief few words about how my feelings were took and twisted as I read Black Friday. I'm writing this review asap because I'm very serious about going to read Michael Hodges The Puller. I'm sure it'll be good, if not equal or better at leaving me with my mouth open and other vitals working right.
Author Hodges; your book has gotten so many side stories, like Jared & Spencer, of course Laura & Paul. Hint hint. LoL. Also you've given me a new perspective on checking out authors that are not in my comfort zone. As for me, add me to your fan list. 👍💢
This is how I felt reading this book. I've not had the pleasure of having a book grab my attention like Black Friday did in a long time. I never thought I'd ever compare a author to any of the greats that dominate this genre, but here he is; Michael Hodges.
Who hasn't been disappointed when reading a book that the author's been touted to being as good as, or better than King, Straub, and of course Koontz? To many time's, right? I seldom leave my Apocalyptic worlds, rarely. Black Friday takes you on a intense journey. Driving thru a snowy city with no brakes, scared to keep going because of what might be ahead, what might be coming at you from around the corner. A car zooming in ahead of you and braking hard! This story is like that, you have to turn the page, but you're so tense already and turning that page is going to increase that sitting on a taut wire feeling. One slight touch from someone and like a cartoon cat, you'll be hanging from your nails off the ceiling!
I gave you a brief few words about how my feelings were took and twisted as I read Black Friday. I'm writing this review asap because I'm very serious about going to read Michael Hodges The Puller. I'm sure it'll be good, if not equal or better at leaving me with my mouth open and other vitals working right.
Author Hodges; your book has gotten so many side stories, like Jared & Spencer, of course Laura & Paul. Hint hint. LoL. Also you've given me a new perspective on checking out authors that are not in my comfort zone. As for me, add me to your fan list. 👍💢
December 15, 2019
One heck of a bargain
I always get a kick out of a mall based story. It's like a story from some by gone era. Now imagine you got out for a Black Friday deal and get much, much more than you ever imagined. Much more....
I always get a kick out of a mall based story. It's like a story from some by gone era. Now imagine you got out for a Black Friday deal and get much, much more than you ever imagined. Much more....
May 8, 2018
Enjoyed this one.
September 19, 2020
I really wanted to love this book but I just... didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I also didn’t hate it, but there was a very rushed, self-published with no editor, badly punctuated feel to it.
The characters devolved into cliché and the actually unique interesting aspect of this book (a disappearing mall and a surprisingly small amount of Black Friday shoppers disappearing from it as it went) soon fell into the background as some form of inconvenience.
What annoyed me more than anything is the way some of the characters were treated at the end. Despite being cliché, they were quite likeable, but to have only two characters emerge with the rest just ... gone; it seemed like a disservice to the characters we spent time getting to know and like just in the ether. It’s the author’s choice what he does with the characters but to have them simply not emerge with no indication of where they actually went seems lazy and unfair on the reader. In fact, I originally rated this 3 stars but as I’m writing the ending has me so annoyed I’m thinking of pulling it down a star.
Goddammit, I don’t mind a sad ending but I do mind a lazy ending which felt rushed. Give me a sparkle of hope in the darkness not the two characters who fell in love having a nice ending with no one else having emerged from the mall. We don’t even get a glimmer of whether or not they survived.
I’m curtailing this rant before I go into the way characters’ relationships grew and others who were desperate to see their families again just disappeared but in short, the ending was a kick in the you-know-wheres.
The characters devolved into cliché and the actually unique interesting aspect of this book (a disappearing mall and a surprisingly small amount of Black Friday shoppers disappearing from it as it went) soon fell into the background as some form of inconvenience.
What annoyed me more than anything is the way some of the characters were treated at the end. Despite being cliché, they were quite likeable, but to have only two characters emerge with the rest just ... gone; it seemed like a disservice to the characters we spent time getting to know and like just in the ether. It’s the author’s choice what he does with the characters but to have them simply not emerge with no indication of where they actually went seems lazy and unfair on the reader. In fact, I originally rated this 3 stars but as I’m writing the ending has me so annoyed I’m thinking of pulling it down a star.
Goddammit, I don’t mind a sad ending but I do mind a lazy ending which felt rushed. Give me a sparkle of hope in the darkness not the two characters who fell in love having a nice ending with no one else having emerged from the mall. We don’t even get a glimmer of whether or not they survived.
I’m curtailing this rant before I go into the way characters’ relationships grew and others who were desperate to see their families again just disappeared but in short, the ending was a kick in the you-know-wheres.
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May 16, 2017
Ehh!
Don't hate me but I usually don't review books unless I love them or hate them. I don't know why, it's just how I am. This is MAYBE the second or third book that was somewhere in the middle.
As with most characters, you get to know them and you either like or dislike them. All characters, understandably, have a back story. I grew to accept and enjoy all the characters strengths and weaknesses except for one. Patricia! This character I just could not get behind and hope for the best for her. Not only was she selfish, but I started to dread when the author moved over to her part of the story. Everybody has triggers that obviously send them onto different memories or thoughts. Patricia's just seemed unimportant and seemed to drag on longer than all the others. I don't know. Maybe it just seemed like that to me because I didn't like her. The worst part about Patricia is that around the 56% mark of the book she pisses herself and shortly after vomits on herself. Ok, she was scared and that's all fine and good except that she never washed up and changed her clothes for the entirety of the book. NEVER! They're trapped in a mall after all, no reason why she couldn't have jumped in a fountain and change her clothes. Every time she hugged someone or got to close, I actually felt disgusted by her. Other than her, I did enjoy the book.
Don't hate me but I usually don't review books unless I love them or hate them. I don't know why, it's just how I am. This is MAYBE the second or third book that was somewhere in the middle.
As with most characters, you get to know them and you either like or dislike them. All characters, understandably, have a back story. I grew to accept and enjoy all the characters strengths and weaknesses except for one. Patricia! This character I just could not get behind and hope for the best for her. Not only was she selfish, but I started to dread when the author moved over to her part of the story. Everybody has triggers that obviously send them onto different memories or thoughts. Patricia's just seemed unimportant and seemed to drag on longer than all the others. I don't know. Maybe it just seemed like that to me because I didn't like her. The worst part about Patricia is that around the 56% mark of the book she pisses herself and shortly after vomits on herself. Ok, she was scared and that's all fine and good except that she never washed up and changed her clothes for the entirety of the book. NEVER! They're trapped in a mall after all, no reason why she couldn't have jumped in a fountain and change her clothes. Every time she hugged someone or got to close, I actually felt disgusted by her. Other than her, I did enjoy the book.
December 30, 2024
This was an example of somebody having a really interesting idea but lacking the writing skill or imagination to really make it work. In Black Friday the main protagonists have all travelled to the world's biggest shopping mall to look for bargains. A fire alarm causes a stampede of shoppers out of the mall and everyone abruptly disappears. The surviving group discover that the mall is surrounded by a wall of fog, which hides the fact that the building is now apparently floating in the sky under what appears to be an alien sun. What a fascinating concept so far; a scenario that is pregnant with possibilities. And yet Hodges chooses to introduce a psychopath into the equation, who then stalks the characters around the mall. Exotic creatures from the local zoo also appear in the mall, for some reason, so the trapped shoppers find themselves having to cope with Komodo dragons in the food hall. This apparently qualified the book to be classed as "horror", but no great horror ensued and as luck would have it the scientists who operated the nearby supercollider made it all alright in the mercifully abrupt ending.
November 19, 2017
This is the not the usual type of book that I read, or enjoy, but there was just something about this one that kept me hooked and interested. I’m not a fan of sci-fi or paranormal as a “rule”, but this was soft enough that it wasn’t so far-fetched from “reality”. The characters were what really kept me hooked, quirky yet strong personalities, not too clique’ed or predictable. The storyline keeps you thinking and wondering and led me to a few dream filled nights and thought provoking “what-ifs”. I will be reading more from this author and am glad I read it. Don’t be scared off from the genre if it’s not your usual pick of reading.
January 19, 2020
I thought this sounded really interesting. It was not. The characters were not likeable and their interactions didn't flow naturally. About half way through I was ready for it to be over. Jeff made no sense and his long drawn out speeches were boring. The "romance" between Chike and Laura was out of place and frankly, just stupid. I kept reading in hopes that at least the ending would be worth the read but no such luck. I plan on trying another of this author 's books in hopes that this was just a stinker.
June 30, 2020
Nobody talks like these people.
A more unbelievable set of characters you couldn't get. Obviously it is written by someone who has read a LOT of Stephen King. Unfortunately, the characters are cardboard cutouts: old wise black man, materialistic woman, nasty white criminal, disaffected teen, etc. But it is the dialogue, the lectures, that are most annoying. Still, it was cheap to buy, I will give it that!
A more unbelievable set of characters you couldn't get. Obviously it is written by someone who has read a LOT of Stephen King. Unfortunately, the characters are cardboard cutouts: old wise black man, materialistic woman, nasty white criminal, disaffected teen, etc. But it is the dialogue, the lectures, that are most annoying. Still, it was cheap to buy, I will give it that!
October 12, 2020
Couldn’t stop reading
Once I started I couldn’t stop!! I love the character development and then their interaction with each other!! I enjoy the sci-if weaved in and how there are lots of underlying references and innuendos from earlier in the story. I’m always kinda bummed when I reach the end because I find I always want more!! However I do love that the story always leaves room for imagination and the hope of another where this one left off!! Hint hint!!
Once I started I couldn’t stop!! I love the character development and then their interaction with each other!! I enjoy the sci-if weaved in and how there are lots of underlying references and innuendos from earlier in the story. I’m always kinda bummed when I reach the end because I find I always want more!! However I do love that the story always leaves room for imagination and the hope of another where this one left off!! Hint hint!!
April 24, 2022
What was the point?!
This is by far the worst book I have ever read. The story line was insipid, I spent so much time going thru the specifics that the story line completely dropped by the wayside. There was not that much story line to begin with, it went into the the background of the characters thru out all but the last few pages and then threw in an ending.I almost quit the book at around the three quarter mark. Now I'm wishing I had......
This is by far the worst book I have ever read. The story line was insipid, I spent so much time going thru the specifics that the story line completely dropped by the wayside. There was not that much story line to begin with, it went into the the background of the characters thru out all but the last few pages and then threw in an ending.I almost quit the book at around the three quarter mark. Now I'm wishing I had......
January 19, 2020
I did not finish this book.
I think many books on kindle unlimited are just free. Because no one should have to pay for trash.
The story is terrible from the get go, the punctuation horrible, the writing terrible, the descriptions repetitive and the dialogue stilted and unnatural.
I read 62% and quit fir a while. Went and rad 10 more pages. Skimmed a bit. Then quit again.
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I think many books on kindle unlimited are just free. Because no one should have to pay for trash.
The story is terrible from the get go, the punctuation horrible, the writing terrible, the descriptions repetitive and the dialogue stilted and unnatural.
I read 62% and quit fir a while. Went and rad 10 more pages. Skimmed a bit. Then quit again.
🤮
December 12, 2021
Interesting
This book was a little disappointing. I assumed a huge black Friday sale were every one is trampled to death. It had its own unique twist almost like Stranger Things and portals. Jeff was another awesome plot twist. I recently saw the new Black Friday movie and I was hoping this book might be similar. Not even close
This book was a little disappointing. I assumed a huge black Friday sale were every one is trampled to death. It had its own unique twist almost like Stranger Things and portals. Jeff was another awesome plot twist. I recently saw the new Black Friday movie and I was hoping this book might be similar. Not even close
December 17, 2021
A Stupid, Stupid Story!!
Don't waste your time on this one. It starts out fine but quickly turns into a crappy rip off of Stephen King's 'The Mist.' It gets progressively worse as time goes on until it finally and suddenly ends and you kick yourself asking why you wasted time with this trash.
Don't waste your time on this one. It starts out fine but quickly turns into a crappy rip off of Stephen King's 'The Mist.' It gets progressively worse as time goes on until it finally and suddenly ends and you kick yourself asking why you wasted time with this trash.
August 30, 2020
Reads like a movie
You already know it's IN THE MALL .. AND HORROR...so read or dont based on your interest in that...but I liked it and it was enjoyable enough. The ending is a bit meh but no regrets! Might be good for stranger things fans?
You already know it's IN THE MALL .. AND HORROR...so read or dont based on your interest in that...but I liked it and it was enjoyable enough. The ending is a bit meh but no regrets! Might be good for stranger things fans?
April 12, 2022
I really really enjoyed it!
That being said....... (Spoiler ahead)
It is not the ending I wanted. It is slightly a happy ending but not fully. I'm hoping there will be a part two. HINT HINT!
The writing was on point, I pictured each character in my head and at first didn't like some of them but continuing reading you get to like each of them, well except one.
That being said....... (Spoiler ahead)
It is not the ending I wanted. It is slightly a happy ending but not fully. I'm hoping there will be a part two. HINT HINT!
The writing was on point, I pictured each character in my head and at first didn't like some of them but continuing reading you get to like each of them, well except one.
December 4, 2019
Terrible book
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January 20, 2020Oh, hi, let's play "Everyone's a stereotype, with a touch of r/menwritingwomen". Maybe the story gets interesting later on, but I couldn't get past the character introductions.
March 5, 2020
I really enjoyed this book, at first. The end felt rushed and I think it really deserved a better ending.
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May 8, 2020DNF at 31%. From bad grammar/punctuation to the author forgetting the name of his character right in the middle of dialogue with another character-I couldn’t continue on with this book.
February 14, 2021
A mysterious apocalyptic thriller thank, thankfully, does NOT involve a virus that turns people into violent flesh eating cannibals. I enjoyed the characters and found the threats interesting.
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