Teleportasm - Review

Author: Joshua Millican

Genre: Horror

Format: Library

Pages: 142

What in the hell did I read? To some degree, I knew what I was getting myself into. When you add teleporting and horror in the same book, it gives some clues as to what I was getting myself into. I wasn't disappointed at any time. I got exactly that in the first chapter, a little more body horror than I thought, but I'm fine with that. I just wasn't prepared. Still, I thought I knew what I was getting into, even as I was halfway through the second chapter. 

Then came the chapters after that. At first, I wasn't really sure what I was reading, as timelines kind of bounced around from chapter to chapter. But I was quick enough to realize that we were following the tape around as it moved from hand to hand. Watching as the lore was created behind this tape and what it was. Which was really cool and what kept me reading. I wanted to see what kind of mess this tape would make.

I just didn't think it would be that kind of mess.

The last few chapters of this book are wild. It sets you up to forget about certain characters (spoilers, my readers). Then, as the book is wrapping up about what the tape actually is, it pulls the rug out from under you and reveals another layer to this plot. As crazy as the plot twist is, it's not that crazy in a book about teleporting. In fact, if I hadn't been so wrapped in the gore and violence, and the way people are still watching this tape, it kind of raises questions. I might have thought about it, but I was too busy to think about the start of the book when the original question was asked.

Where did the tape come from?

All of this said, this book is under two hundred pages. It's a wild ride from the first chapter to the last, and it's gross for just as long. This book hooked me every single time I picked it up. This is the third book I've picked up in the Killer VHS series, and I haven't been disappointed in this series yet. I will say that if you're not a fan of gore and body horror, this is not the book for you. Because it was gross, like people inside out kind of gross. And it has some very heavy scenes that fall under heavy trigger warnings. 

This is not light reading. I have had a book hangover since Thanksgiving because what even was this...

HAPPY READING!!