Don't Fear the Reaper

"OK it didn't really answer the questions of the first book. And it was even more confusing story this time; hard for me to follow. So it's really only a 2.5 bc it got worse rather than better."

"Once again, a slasher is thinning out the population of Proofrock. Never fear, Jade has just been released from prison (that whole 4th of July thing) and has returned to town just in time. I still don't know my slasher films well enough to truly understand all of the connections. The characters are awesome, though. If you have the stomach for a gory slasher trope will kick a$$ female characters (and pretty cool guys, too), this book is for you."

"I truly don’t understand the obsession with this book. I didn’t love it. This is why I tend to avoid anything that’s popular because I end up being disappointed more often than not. "

"Way better than book #1. Where the first book I felt like went on in random rants that seemed more like the author bragging about his knowledge of horror as opposed to telling a story, this book actually follows a good story line from the get go. It's also action packed and an actual who done it, where the 1st book you had to read like 200 pages about a teenager feeling sorry for herself and being mad at the world before you even got to anything good"

"just no straight up…"

"I preordered this book and then proceeded to not read it for months. "Chainsaw" had what I consider the perfect ending and it was hard to imagine what a sequel could bring to the table. Now that I've finished the book I regret not giving it a chance earlier. <br/><br/>While Jade is still the star of the show, this book expands to show other characters' POV, and all of these characters just feel so perfectly human. One of the early victims' internal monologue stuck with me for the entire rest of the book. There are a lot of moving parts and things going on in the book, but somehow it all slots together in a way where you couldn't take any of it out.<br/><br/>I really loved this. Fantastic sequel."

"If this book was a movie it would be the first horror movie sequel that is better than the original. I love how this book played out and I am more in love with Jade than I ever was before. This book plays off of traditional horror movie tropes for sequels: There is more blood, there is more destruction and there are a lot of bodies. This book takes place four years after the original, when Jade finally returns to town. The current batch of high schoolers are being murdered using kill patterns from well known scary movies and a serial killing legend is loose in town during a snow storm. With a new final girl in place Jade and Letha simply have to make sure everyone is in the right place at the right time... or so they think. This book has quite a few twists up its sleeves and keeps the reader sufficiently surprised by what happens. This book also gives the reader a chance to see the character development in a few of the OG characters which makes them more 3 dimensional and less annoying high schoolers. The bond between Letha and Jade has grown and it makes you feel the 90's "girl power" movement never really died. They have a bond forged in blood and hearts made of steel. As with chainsaw, the love of scary movies (slashers in particular) oozes from the page. If you were not a scary movie nerd like myself this book might send you down a rabbit hole to see what everyone in the book seems to be talking about. This book is definitely going to resonate more with fans of slasher movies and horror books than it will with people who are just following the buzz.<br/><br/>Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery/Saga Press for the opportunity to read this book early and thank you Stephen Graham Jones for spreading your love of all things scary with the world in such an amazing way. Can't wait for book 3!!!"

""Don't Fear the Reaper" by Stephen Jones follows a girl following her towns serial killer. <br/><br/>I would give "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Stephen Jones a 2-star review because, the idea was interesting but the actual reading failed me."