boopickle1310

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[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Thank you for the rec! Adding it to the TBR

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Other than movie marathons, I haven't engaged with anything Star Wars. You've piqued my curiosity with this suggestion-thank you!

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Thank you! I've read some of his action/thriller types, but that was years ago so I don't remember much. I'll give this one a try!

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're the second person to recommend Barker- I'll definitely check out their stuff. Thank you!

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Love this list, I have read the first two but not Infected. Thanks for the recs!

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To your last paragraph, tender is the flesh is that book/author for me. I love horror to distract from real life horror, but Tender is the Flesh was fleshed out (lol at the pun) like a normal next step in a world with limited resources. It should be a cautionary tale, but I can see how close we are to the logic already. Thanks for the French rec, even if the translation is meh, I try to enjoy different cultures' "boogymen", so I'll give it a go!

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for the rec! I'm heading to the library this week, can't wait to give this one a try

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you for this. Sometimes short stories leave more to the imagination and tend to scare more than something that's overly explained, if that makes sense? Can't wait to get these at the library

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Exactly. I need fake horror to distract from real life horror, if you get what I mean

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you for your recs! I haven't read anything by James Herbert (or if I did I don't remember)

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for the recommendations! Which of these is your favorite? I'll start on that one first

 

Without going into specifics so the creature/entity/plot is given, I'm looking for horror that is keep-you-up-at-night level. A good wendigo or poltergeist or even disease epidemic book would be greatly appreciated.

I loved books like Pet Sematary, the Troop, The Quiet Boy (short story), Contagion. I try to go into horror blind so I am fully unaware of what to expect, so I've read a lot of duds lately. Psychological horror is ok, if it's unpredictable/not just "normal person gaslit into thinking they're crazy" type trope.

The only horror I was unable to finish was Tender is the Flesh. My kudos to you if you got through that one.

Thank you all for your advice

[–] boopickle1310@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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