That’s it in a nutshell, but I’d like to get this out of me, because no one I know personally reads this authors works.
For those of you who don’t know who we are talking about: C. J. Tudor is a british writer who released her first book ”the chalk man” in 2018, and has since released 5 more novels and one collection of stories. As far as I know, all her books are thriller/horror adjacent. At least the ones I’ve read. If you like Stephen King, I’d recommend you try C. J. Tudor next.
So far I’ve read her books:
– the chalk man
– the taking of Annie Thorne (the hiding place in the US)
– the other people
– the drift
While I have enjoyed all of her books, they are very fun to read, none of them have been 10/10 for me yet. I enjoyed the chalk man and the drift the most, and I’d give them a 8,5/10 for what they are.
However, she seems to be one of those writers who get a really cool idea for a book, but doesn’t quite think it through. There are massive leaps of faith and many questions left unanswered, so if that bothers you, these are not for you.
And it’s a shame, because I truly feel that she has an amazing book in her, but she just doesn’t quite get it on the pages of her books. I believe she is capable of writing the next great horror/ thriller like pet sematary or the shining, and I hope it’s sooner rather than later.
by Socket_forker