The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco
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Web ID: 16292640Amazingly creepy
Rin does a wonderful job of creating a creepy atmosphere. I was hooked from page one. The lore and world building is great, and the descriptions of the "creatures" is so unsettling. Highly recommend.
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Fantastic Storytelling Voice and Plot
Rin has a wonderful writing voice and presence. The Sacrifice is a book that slowly draws you in and wraps its fingers around your throat. We have an intriguing mythos and plot to watch unfold and learn more about. We have eerie happenings and creepy mysteries. We have characters we relate to or that remind of us people in our own lives. We have characters to root for, to be frustrated by, and to be scared of. And we have a unique storytelling voice to bring it all together. I heartily enjoyed this mythos exploration and will definitely check out other offerings from the offer.
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Amazing Read
I loved this from start to finish. Chupeco throws you in right away and had me entranced from start to end. It was scary, thrilling, and had some amazing creatures. I also loved the casual queerness in the book that really made it relatable and interesting.
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An Island Curse Upon the Wicked
Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Fire, and Rin Chupeco for the opportunity to read The Sacrifice in exchange for an honest review. Kisapmata would be the perfect island getaway, if it weren't for the supposed legendary curse killing people off. Explorers, such as Cortes, a whole plane crash, and a slew of missing people leaves the island with an air of legend that may just draw in horror-lovers. That is, those who make spooky TV shows for Hollywood. Alon, a local island resident, is tasked with being a guide for a film crew making a spooky show about the island's legends and missing people, including the myth of the eight sacrifices to awaken the Diwata, the island's vengeful god. The film crew seeks any chance at a spooky moment for the camera, but when a massive sinkhole opens up revealing a tree with a corpse therein, the spook factor becomes a bit too real. Unrelenting, the director takes the chance to use real footage to highlight the episodes of the show he is making, but Alon knows better. After seeing what is happening to the film crew after being exposed to the corpse tree and the island's curse, Alon makes every attempt to convince them to leave before it is too late and they succumb to the curse as well. Alon also has a cute dog, Askal, which follows him around and is quite inquisitive and protective. Alon also finds themself drawn to one of the crew members son's, Chase--who is working through a recent breakup with a psycho cheater girlfriend,--giving a very slight romantic dynamic to this novel. (Alon is non-binary, by the way). This book is a quick read, each chapter leaving an itch for more as the island's cure does its fun throughout the story. The first-person narrative is a nice touch, as Alon is already familiar with the working of the island and its curse, so they see the reactions of others with a grain of nonchalance. The spook factor of this novel is excellent. There's just something about carving hearts out for sacrificial needs and trees that come alive and seek an unknowing victim... An excellent young adult thriller/horror!
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A Great Eco-Horror!
This book is a suspenseful eco-horror that will pull you in and have you on the edge of your seat!! Chupeco's writing leaves you feeling like the balete trees' roots will come right of the book and grab you! I really enjoyed the writing and plot and the twist at the end! My only real problem with it is that the men that are working on the TV show are nearly indistinguishable. I had a hard time telling them apart. That may have been intentional, but it was hard for me to follow in the scenes where those characters were talking to each other. A great spooky vacation read overall!
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Lost/Paranormal Reality TV Show vibes
So in the past I’ve tried two books by this author and DNFed them both. This one though, while the beginning was still a little slow, maybe needed more of a grabbing moment, I ended up really getting into this one. While the show they were filming was kind of described more as one of those paranormal documentaries where one guy or a team go searching for the mystery or paranormal element in a location, I almost felt a bit of the aspect of the tv show Lost in a way. Because honestly, as much as there was going on with this island, I can’t see the type of show they were talking about being a long season, and then a second season as they tried to say they wanted to get. All the characters had issues and it showed how people that you think aren’t bad have done things that they are ashamed of, or feel bad about, sometimes more than anyone else would think. But oftentimes worse things have happened. There were instances where other people kind of glossed over what those people did because they were their friends, and that showed exactly how people are in certain fields, or probably anywhere in a way. A few of the events were a little confusing when they popped up, even if the author did eventually weave an explanation into the story in a way that did work. I’m personally not a big fan of plants, and there was a movie a while back based on a book by Scott Smith, called The Ruins, that in a way this book had some details reminiscent of that. I would totally watch a movie/series about this book, but as I mentioned with the show that was part of the story, I feel one season would be enough. Glad I gave this one a chance, and now I’ll keep my mind open to books by this author. Third time was the charm for me I guess!
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