Apr 6, 2021
it really does drive me crazy because ack sounds sooo good and i love horror so much and ssts was one of the only fics i’ve ever felt really lived up to the hype so i trust komodobits to do it right but i just. CANNOT handle major character death i literally get sad/anxious/upset even remembering ack exists
#i'll just have to settle for bring up the deep to fulfill my deancas horror casefic in a cottage in coastal main needs#*maine#and knowing that every description i've read of the emotional experience of reading ack#sounds exactly like what i felt the first time i read paul tremblay's a head full of ghosts#(a slowly escalating sense of dread that kicks into hyperdrive as the story approaches its conclusion#and an unreliable narrator+twisty plot that makes you question the reality of what happens to the characters)#so it's not like i'm missing out on something that would revolutionize my relationship with horror#this post is all a way of saying without having read ack i nevertheless think if you liked ack you should read a head full of ghosts#also even if you don't like ack you should read a head full of ghosts#because it fundamentally changed the way i think about the horror genre and the idea of demonic possession#if anyone's interested please feel free to ask me about it! i love that book so much
