This was my fifth story in the new „Creature Feature“-Collection and my second book by Paul Tremblay. And it seems to be another story by Mr. Tremblay that should be great and many like it but I can‘t seem to like his writing or his story or all of the above… 😕

„Journalist Heidi Cohen is in Cape Cod investigating the sources of recurring toxic algae blooms along the coast. A local named Jimmy has his own theory for her. Every year the fetid growth gets worse—but it’s been going on longer than anyone knows. Decades ago, something happened to Jimmy that he’s never forgotten. Is Heidi ready for the real story?“

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It seems that Paul Tremblay thinks, that if you write about bad stuff or even grisly stuff with blood and body parts and so on… the story magically gets better. Spoiler alert: It doesn‘t! 🙄🙁 He did that with „A Head Full of Ghosts“ and he did it here again. That short story was slightly better and more interesting but still nothing really to grab… Can‘t recommend that one, especially with fantastic stories like „The Ankle Snatcher“ or „The Pram“ in the very same collection. 😉

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️