Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck
Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck
English | 2024 | Horror
A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality.
Thirteen years ago, Sylvia Gray’s young daughter, Faye, attacked her babysitter in order to impress the Kingman, a monster she and her best friend had encountered on the Internet. When the now twenty-three-year-old Faye goes missing, leaving her toddler behind, Sylvia launches a search that propels her back into the past and back into the Kingman’s orbit. With the help of her estranged husband and a sister she hasn’t spoken to in years, Sylvia draws dangerously closer not only to Faye, but also to the truth about the monster that once inspired her. Will Sylvia be able to reach her daughter before history repeats itself? Or will it be Sylvia, this time, who loses her grip on reality and succumbs to the dark powers of this monstrous fiction?
Both literary and suspenseful, Monsters We Have Made confronts the terrors of parenthood and examines the boundaries of love. Most importantly, it reminds us of the power of stories to shape our lives.
Now you may be thinking this is a Slenderman story, and you’d be right. Remember how those two girls tried to kill one another ages back because of slenderman? That’s this story, except given the Law and Order SVU treatment. It ain’t a bad stor. The writing is decent, it’s got decent pacing and characters. But man it is rather flimsy specifically because it’s based off slenderman.
Hmm 3 stars, imo.