We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until is starts killing. Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He'll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes--sometimes you have to become a monster first.
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We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until is starts killing. Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He'll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes--sometimes you have to become a monster first.
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Scream + Weekend at Bernie�s + American Psy
Scream + Weekend at Bernies + American Psycho
Hereââ?¬â?¢s the part where I usually do my own synopsis. However, for maximum impact when you read, I want to avoid spoilers as much as I can for you. The first line of the book is ââ?¬Å"So, Shannah got a new job at the most vie theater, we thought weââ?¬â?¢d play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead, and Iââ?¬â?¢m really starting to feel kind of guilty about it all.ââ?¬Â? That, coupled with the title, is all you need to know going in.
I don�t get why it�s fine for a movie to be a fun, mindless slasher film, and not a book. That�s the best way to describe this book. Towards the beginning I was getting a headache from trying to dive deep and figure out what the book was really about. After I just let go, it became so much more enjoyable (although I still can�t really say I understood)!
Buy this for yourself or anyone looking for something different. If youââ?¬â?¢re twisted, get it for someone who grew up watching the Canadian kidsââ?¬â?¢ show, ââ?¬Å"Todayââ?¬â?¢s Special.ââ?¬Â?
Sarah D
Sep 1, 2020
Just buy it, you won't regret it
I received an electronic ARC of Night of the Mannequins from Netgalley and the publisher Tor in return for my honest review, which follows below. I thank both for the opportunity.
As kids, a group of friends find a mannequin in a creek bed and play a series of pranks with "Manny." During their sophomore summer, they decide they've outgrown Manny, so they decide to send him off with one last epic prank, and end up regretting it. That's the bare bones of this novella, and really all you should be given in the way of hard facts of the contents. Sharing too much would ruin your own uncertain steps through this mental maze that Stephen Graham Jones lays out for us. I am divided on what I think the truth is, I feel several readings, and maybe several different decisions are in my future.
There is death.
Inexplicable things happen around town that may be part of this or not.
The narrator is seeing things clearly or horribly distorted.
These are things that are made clear early on and left for you to work out on your own. It is a mindbogglingly trippy read that I loved just as much it left me hollowed out at the end.
He writes horror that gives you emotion that you can't remove yourself from; as you read the story you will be broken as the characters are, or in your own unexpected ways, as you react to the situations he presents. I love that about his writing, that no matter the length, he is able to give you a complete story, fully realized characters, and complex concepts. When you're done reading, you're left drained and trying to recover so that you can read more by him.
I rated this 5 stars because I would recommend this to others, give as a gift, re-read and will buy a physical copy for myself when this is out.
