Pam Kowolski Is a Monster! by Sarah Langan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I just spent 3 hours listening to this. Straight through. No pauses or breaks, barely a drink of water, while I worked on a stitching project. It occupied my mind, grabbed my attention, and did not let go. I have struggled with audiobooks for years. This past few months somehow I’ve been finding a way to hear them better. The right audiobook will grab me every time. Pam Kowalski is a Monster certainly did that. However, I believe it would have done the same if I’d read the pages because this is a compelling, can’t wait to get to the next moment story.
Sarah Langan gives us a book that may not seem like horror at first. It may seem a bit mundane and silly. A comic, like the cover art. Yet the further you venture into it the more unhinged, and yet creepily familiar it feels. This is a story about unhandled trauma and how it (literally) eats the world around you. Makes you lesser in ways you can’t even see. It poisons your mind and everyone you touch. Or at least that is what I got from it. It might also just be a pre-apocalypse story about where society is headed; not because of technology or war, but instead because of a bizarre monstrous magic or energy that overcomes people. However you look at the final twist of this story, one thing is for certain, it’s stunning, immensely well done, and will entrance the reader (or listener).
The thing it made me think of the most is a movie I adored called Late Night With the Devil. It starts off goofy, silly, and seemingly a hoax, but by the end it just stuns you with it twists, turns, and finale. That is what Pam Kowalski is a Monster does as well. In its own, different, yet similar way. If you love horror that emerges from our world in its own bizarre way check this out. If you love immense twists of a psychological but also that are slightly supernatural check this out.
Overall if you enjoy a good mystery, without feeling like you’re reading a ‘typical’ mystery (I have a real meh reaction to whodunnit stories) then definitely check out this little gem from Langan. It’s quick, efficient, and effective in its telling and definitely well worth a few hours one night when you don’t need to sleep until you’ve encountered the last line.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I just spent 3 hours listening to this. Straight through. No pauses or breaks, barely a drink of water, while I worked on a stitching project. It occupied my mind, grabbed my attention, and did not let go. I have struggled with audiobooks for years. This past few months somehow I’ve been finding a way to hear them better. The right audiobook will grab me every time. Pam Kowalski is a Monster certainly did that. However, I believe it would have done the same if I’d read the pages because this is a compelling, can’t wait to get to the next moment story.
Sarah Langan gives us a book that may not seem like horror at first. It may seem a bit mundane and silly. A comic, like the cover art. Yet the further you venture into it the more unhinged, and yet creepily familiar it feels. This is a story about unhandled trauma and how it (literally) eats the world around you. Makes you lesser in ways you can’t even see. It poisons your mind and everyone you touch. Or at least that is what I got from it. It might also just be a pre-apocalypse story about where society is headed; not because of technology or war, but instead because of a bizarre monstrous magic or energy that overcomes people. However you look at the final twist of this story, one thing is for certain, it’s stunning, immensely well done, and will entrance the reader (or listener).
The thing it made me think of the most is a movie I adored called Late Night With the Devil. It starts off goofy, silly, and seemingly a hoax, but by the end it just stuns you with it twists, turns, and finale. That is what Pam Kowalski is a Monster does as well. In its own, different, yet similar way. If you love horror that emerges from our world in its own bizarre way check this out. If you love immense twists of a psychological but also that are slightly supernatural check this out.
Overall if you enjoy a good mystery, without feeling like you’re reading a ‘typical’ mystery (I have a real meh reaction to whodunnit stories) then definitely check out this little gem from Langan. It’s quick, efficient, and effective in its telling and definitely well worth a few hours one night when you don’t need to sleep until you’ve encountered the last line.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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