Borrasca V

by C.K. Walker

Genres: Horror, Audiobook, Mystery, Thriller, Horror Thriller, Fiction, Short Stories

ebook

About the author

C.K. Walker has been published by Jitter Press, The Altar Collective, and Thought Catalog. Her stories have been adapted for audio by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and the NoSleep Podcast.

Reviews

[Ben Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I want that whole mf town dead

[Maleika · Rating 2 out of 5]

I want to burn that town to the ground (and this ending to the story with it). This feels like an action film inspired fanfiction of the actual story, rather then a realistic ending. Don’t get me wrong, I wish something like Borrasca V could feasibly happen in the Borrasca-setting, but I don’t think it could.

[Taylor Seiverd · Rating 2 out of 5]

ugh.. this started off SO GOOD. but that ending? rough to get through

i listened to this through the CreepCast Podcast with Wendigoon & Papa Meat.

the first story was incredible. i did not need a sequel at all. the ending of the first story was so impactful. i just feel this takes all of that away. Borrasca 1 was so realistic, the hopelessness, the brutality, the possibility that this is some people’s reality via sex trafficking. this… the writing here just wasn’t great. the resolution wasn’t good. i, so much prefer the original ending.

i am so disappointed in this. the dialogue is what really destroyed this. chapter 15 on was really hard to listen to. the beginning was a hot start, but the ending plummeted.

although, i do miss Kyle☹️

[Ethan Capehart · Rating 1 out of 5]

I AM THE ALPHA SAM 👹

[sunny (jael’s version) · Rating 1 out of 5]

this was so bad

[Tristan · Rating 4 out of 5]

kimber is the literal embodiment of girl boss and she couldn’t stop serving even if she wanted to. girl got her masters in cuntology from the university of penSERVEania and ate that whole town up and managed to leave absolutely zero crumbs

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sequel to Borrasca set a decade later.
Ties everything up nicely and worth a read.

[Aim Clark · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thanks, I absolutely hated it. Horrible.

[Olivia · Rating 1 out of 5]

girl… what happened?

[Cody Dodd · Rating 3 out of 5]

While it doesn't live up to the same heights of the original Borrasca, I still enjoyed it for what it was. More campy and at times straight up silly, with some of the one liners feeling like they were pulled straight out of a Michael Bay film.

And, while I personally enjoyed the conclusion, it definitely felt a bit rushed and haphazard. All in all a fun time, and an interesting conclusion to Borrasca.

[Wa Weg Board · Rating 2 out of 5]

I litterally avoided the ending of this story for a year because I knew it was so bad. It was so bad. It was so so so bad. It took the things that I disliked about the first parts and made it worse.
But it captivated me. It was like the author purposefully wrote the worst thing ever. Like she was tired of people asking her to give the original story and ending so she butchered her brain child before anyone else could. It had to have been purposeful. I cannot imagine a world in which this was the actual planned ending to the first four parts. I’m coping.

AND IT WAS BORING but two stars because it did make me laugh and it did kinda captivate me. Like watching a car fire type of captivating

[Toby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the podcast was great. It was greatly directed and the acting was pretty good too, looking at the actors. Obviously, they had to come up with a lot of the filler lines and the therapist scenes for the first book in order to make it into the podcast.

The podcast was set up in a way where it was like you were listening to a movie without the visuals, which I am aware is the gist.

The Narrator was Sam[Cole Sprouse] of course, but he was telling it through a backstory instead. I don't know, it's just different to me with the small middle scenes with him in the future with his roommate.

The book obviously had a different feel to it. It's not all dialog, it's descriptive, and there is someone completely different telling the story.

To some people, I can see the disappointment of the ending if they were looking for the more spooky and supernatural stuff but I found it... nice. It was a really good book! [both 1 and 2]

Don't really know how to put my thoughts on this into words but it was a nice read/listen. I would recommend it to someone who likes horror/thriller mystery, is bored, or both.

I'm iffy on my rating but I'll give it 5 cause I did enjoy my time spent on this.

[Gideon Schwamb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great characters, atrocious ending. Walker can set up great and meaningful connections between her protagonists, but the villain of this story is extremely one sided, which I wouldn't mind if he wasn't so cartoonish in his villainy. Considering the mature and dark subject matter, he feels like a slap in the face tonally, and is the only thing holding this story back.
Read if you want to, but I'd recommend finding a read-aloud video to make the ending more enjoyable.

[George Kostis · Rating 1 out of 5]

This almost derailed the entire Borasca story, so I'm choosing to view it in isolation.

[Paulina · Rating 2 out of 5]

ck Walker stop writing sequels challenge

[Julian · Rating 1 out of 5]

it was so bad I stared laughing a few times

[Clarissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

What the

[Krys · Rating 2 out of 5]

what a disappointment omg 😭

[Liv · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nooooo! I’m so disappointed

[Jaidyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started off so good and then got so bad

[Noshu]

Heard the first season of the podcast which goes by the same name. Extremely well written and very real acting and sounds. The ending made me happy.
It wasn't a true read so I don't want to inflate/deflate any reviews =)

[ALemonYoYo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the first in terms of writing. The twists are really good, still a bit iffy on the whole plot though.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, I listened to the podcast for the first parts & finished it up reading this. This whole part though just felt rushed & a bit sloppy. Kimber seemed like a bit of an ass the whole time too. I don't know if the issue is that I switched from podcast to reading it or what. I went back & read a little bit from the beginning & the podcast has a different feel to it. The podcast had no real conclusion, so I am at least glad to have it wrapped up.

Also I don't really buy into Sam's dad as being the bid baddie. He is very obsessed with his daughter but acts disgusted when Sam implies that he was raping her for years. So okay, you aren't raping her but you let a bunch of other guys rape her & let her live in filth & be taken in the first place? It just doesn't make any sense. Also it was mentioned that Graham Walker liked to mess with his kids, but we were never really given any real evidence of him just messing with Sam or Whitney in their daily lives. Idk, I was just very disappointed with this conclusion. The podcast was so good, but this was a huge letdown.

[Chris Drake-Killen · Rating 1 out of 5]

what in the sam hell

[Ruthie B · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect conclusion to a fantastic story. 10/10 would recommend!

[Miharu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peak. Wish there was an epilogue though.

[Alicja Cienkowska · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kyle and Kimber ended up together?! 🤢

[hunter · Rating 1 out of 5]

this just pissed me off

[Mari Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

"guess I'll go die in Missouri"

[Jacob · Rating 2 out of 5]

The original Borrasca is probably the best creepypasta that has ever been created. The excellent and thorough world building combined with its bleak McCarthy esque themes make it such a harrowing tale that does so much more than just spook you a little. Also I should mention now there will be spoilers for both stories. Borrasca V, is not that. In fact, its almost the opposite. Of course, this was written more out of fan service. Though not in the sexual connotation the word has today. It gives the story a satisfying ending that you would read more out of catharsis than anything. In the beginning, it feels like that. It opens on a reintroduction to a world and characters that were incredibly endearing(the characters more than the world), and it feels like a nice return. Then it gets to the climax, where Sam confronts his father.

The top review of the original Borrasca is one star. I'm not going to complain about that, but I do find it interesting that the reviewer thought the female characters were just vehicles for the male characters. I wouldn't say that applies to the original four parts, but that applies here. Sam confronts the sheriff right outside the place where decades of soul crushing human trafficking took place, and they just never address that. In fact, I think the only moment they do is when the Sheriff offers Sam a role in the human Trafficking. I also just feel like this ending ruins the point of the original. The fact that Sam and his two friends were barely strong enough to save one person was part of what made the story so impactful. It isn't happy. It's incredibly depressing in fact, but it's the reality of the situation. This story is about Sam and Kimber ending the human trafficking by killing the Sheriff. Sure, that's satisfying. If I were to go back and read the original Borrasca agin I would probably find a thousand times more satisfying. But it kind of defeats the themes of the original. Like humanity is awful, and the best we can do is remove ourself form that. But we can't end the evil and we'll know its always out there, unless you keep reading and get a hacker friend.