Why did I love this book?
Last Days is such a powerful horror novel. It scared me. Fascinated me. And it kept me turning the pages. After reading an abundance of horror, I should be immune to fictional scares. But this story about Kyle Freeman, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker commissioned by a mysterious individual to make a documentary about a sinister cult known as The Temple of Last Days, is electrifying.
The plot serves as the adroit vessel that contains Nevill’s beautiful yet terrifying symphony of eerie images that would make my hair (if I had any) stand on end. Very few can write scary scenes like Nevill. It reminded me of when I created and co-hosted a ghost-hunting TV series for BBC Look North. Thankfully, unlike Kyle, the ghosts never followed me home…
1 author picked Last Days as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Last Days (winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel of the Year) by Adam Nevill is a Blair Witch style novel in which a documentary film-maker undertakes the investigation of a dangerous cult―with creepy consequences
When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult known as the Temple of the Last Days, it appears his prayers have been answered. The cult became a worldwide phenomenon in 1975 when there was a massacre including the death of its infamous leader, Sister Katherine. Kyle's brief is to explore the paranormal myths surrounding…
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