There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Yes the characters made really fucking bad choices. And Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.īut, the thing is, at some point you just have to embrace the stupidity. Perkins’ novel had all the same tropes of classic horror films.Īs it finally looks like good is going to win out, Makani's friend Darby insists that the killer is dead despite the fact that the killer was merely hit in the head with a shovel. Horror can be exceptionally, eye-rollingly, frustratingly stupid – but in the best kind of way. In this case, there isn’t really a definitive answer. What you’re probably wondering is, “Is this book good?” relatively graphic, for YA…sex.Īs the book opens and people start to die, Makani rekindles her summer romance ( and, by romance, I mean they made out once a week in the alley behind the grocery store and once had sex in a car) with Ollie, an edgy boy who sets her heart aflutter.Įnough with the plot. There is also a love interest – because, like any classic slasher film, this book has some.

What this event is…and, really, the make-up of Makani’s character.remains in question for a large portion of the book. She previously called the sandy shores of Hawaii home, but, after a traumatic event, she’s moved to Nebraska to live with her maternal grandmother. The main character in this novel, Makani, is a recent transplant to this town.

Instead, the events described occur in and around a Podunk town in rural Nebraska.įirst, a popular drama club member is gruesomely killed, then a star football player meets an equally cringe-inducing end…and so it continues. Despite what the title may suggest, this book doesn’t really take place in a creepy house on a creepy night.

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins