/lit/ - Literature

Whats the shittiest book you endured till the end?

DUDE DONT LOOK OUTSIDE LMAO

Okay, I've got a rec I've never run into in the /sffg/ thread before, more of a horror novel than a fantasy but it's got elements of both: "Bird Box" by Josh Malerman.

The idea is that this lady is locked in a house taking care of two babies by herself, following the Eldritch Horror Apocalypse where people start going insane out of nowhere. It flashes back and forth between the present, apocalyptic day where she's contemplating finding shelter elsewhere out in the dangerous outer world, and the past where she's trying not to go insane or get fucking murdered as she looks for safety somewhere in the metro Detroit area (kek)

Malerman has a good flair for suspense, and that sinister creeping feeling, the one as though someone or something is looking at you in an empty room. I met the author a while back during a live reading, and he even gave me a signed copy of the book after I told him it was one of my favorites--he was a cool dude. Pretty fast read, too.