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Cirque Berserk
Cirque Berserk | Jessica Guess
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The summer of 1989 brought terror to the town of Shadows Creek, Florida in the form of a massacre at the local carnival, Cirque Berserk. One fateful night, a group of teens killed a dozen people then disappeared into thin air. No one knows why they did it, where they went, or even how many of them there were, but legend has it they still roam the abandoned carnival, looking for blood to spill.Thirty years later, best friends, Sam and Rochelle, are in the midst of a boring senior trip when they learn about the infamous Cirque Berserk. Seeking one last adventure, they and their friends journey to the nearby Shadows Creek to see if the urban legends about Cirque Berserk are true. But waiting for them beyond the carnival gates is a night of brutality, bloodshed, and betrayal.Will they make they it out alive, or will the carnival's past demons extinguish their futures?
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SlytherinBookLady
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Loved the 80s nostalgia. I honestly wish there was more. I was also expecting it to be more gorey. I was expecting it to be more of a splatterpunk book but for what it was, it was actually really good.

Addison_Reads This was one of my favorites of what I've read in this series. 7mo
SlytherinBookLady @Addison_Reads i did really like it. I haven‘t read any of the others in the series yet though so I guess I‘ll pick those up next 7mo
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PageShifter
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I liked how tension between characters were created! And I found relatable characters and I hoped so badly them to survive. And that what makes a good horror story: you have someone to root for.

And circuses, oh circuses. I just can't find another setting I would love more in horror! Well maybe abandoded circuses and look what we got here!

#SeriesRead2022

Addison_Reads This is such a fun series to read. 1y
TheSpineView Fantastic 1y
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stretchkev
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A very fun, fast slasher from a talented author. I hope to read more from her!

Reggie I liked this one a lot. I liked the new take on the nice guy and the author‘s use of music in here. 2y
stretchkev @Reggie So much subversion of genre tropes here... done well and not in a gimmicky way. Really was refreshing. 2y
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Addison_Reads
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#SeriesRead2021 @TheSpineView #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Book 4 in the Rewind or Die series takes place in an amusement park, which is one of my favorite settings for a story. A group of friends decide to perform a ritual to make them immortal, but it comes with a twist that on one night each year they are mortal and they must sacrifice other humans.

Another great read in this series.

TheSpineView Awesome! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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swynn
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A bunch of teenagers look for something especially memorable for senior night, so they visit Cirque Berserk: an abandoned amusement park that was the scene of a mass murder back in the 1980s and has had a haunted reputation since. It's a horror novella, so ya know that can't end well.

It's an hommage to dead-teenager films of the 1980s, which are a guilty pleasure for me, and well-executed (heh). Not a fan of slasher movies? Stay away. OTOH....

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Reggie
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This ranks up there as one of my favorite horror novella ever. This novella is part of the Rewind or Die series of nostalgic horror novellas. For someone to take all the tropes of 80‘s horror and have them feel fresh instead of eye-roly was such a joy. 9 students don‘t want their senior night to end so where do they go? The abandoned amusement park where those people were murdered by those teens all those years ago. I ate this all up. Pick!!

LeahBergen A perfect choice of destination 😆😆 3y
Cathythoughts Great post ... you loved it 👍🏻❤️ 3y
Reggie @Leahbergen well I think it was either that or that haunted house where all those people were killed all those years ago, or that cabin in the woods where all those people were killed all those years ago, or that abandoned asylum where all those people were killed all those years ago. There‘s not a lot to choose from. 😜 3y
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Reggie @Cathythoughts work has been so crazy that I have only managed to read this 100 pgs novella over four days. But I‘m glad I got to spend that much time with it because I did love it. Thanks!❤️ 3y
LeahBergen Yes!! 😆 Or there‘s that commercial (for insurance?) where the maniac-stalked teens run into an abandoned house and say “let‘s hide behind these chainsaws!” Have you seen it? 😆😆 3y
Reggie @Leahbergen lolololol I just looked it up. Thanks for that! Lololol 3y
RohitSawant Obviously gonna stack this! 😆 3y
Reggie @rohit-sawant you will love it. There‘s some commentary on the kids that hasn‘t been there before. There‘s some on who we deem “the nice guy” and it‘s very interesting. It‘s good stuff. 3y
Rissreads Of course that‘s where they went! 🤣 3y
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khooliha
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When people talk about slasher movies being about the villains they mostly mean they like the kills - this novella is about the villains and it works great. I think this series of novellas is supposed to evoke the horror tapes of the 80s and 90s, but no cheap rental ever cared this much about the people holding the knives.

khooliha The lesson really is be content with your Universal Grad Night. 3y
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khooliha
Cirque Berserk | Jessica Guess

Didn't realize this took place in Florida! And it's shouted out The Mummy's Revenge, one of my favorite rides. It's all very promising on a theme park front!