Book Review: Another by Paul Tremblay
I’m long past middle school, but this novel scared me to the core. Paul Tremblay knows the inner weaknesses and insecurities of the human mind and they are horror’s way in. He layers words describing an ordinary life in such a way that certain voids form and fill with murky secretions that fester until they burst.
Is it a good book for middle-schoolers? They’re already a bubbling mass of contradictions, but most are quite capable of seeing their world as full of terrors. I’ve always looked at horror fiction as a kind of therapy. The catharsis that follows puts reality into better perspective. Another may give a kid the heebie-jeebies for a while, but my tweenaged self would have loved it.
Thank you to Paul Tremblay, Harper-Collins/Quill Tree Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced readers’ copy of Another. I’m under no obligation to make my review favorable, but I’m delighted to do so! It’s a great read for tweens and adults alike.
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