“If you were trapped on a creepy, isolated island where something felt terribly wrong, would you try to uncover its secrets or escape before nightfall? 🏝️👁️🖤”
Name of Book: Dead Eleven
Author: Jimmy Juliano
Publisher: E P Dutton
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
No. of Pages: 464
Format: Digital
On a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, hoping to learn the truth about her son’s death—but finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into the bizarrely insular community and their complicated rules…
Clifford Island. When Willow Stone finds these words written on the floor of her deceased son’s bedroom, she’s perplexed. She’s never heard of it before, but soon learns it’s a tiny island off Wisconsin’s Door County peninsula, 200 miles from Willow’s home. Why would her son write this on his floor? Determined to find answers, Willow sets out for the island.
After a few days on Clifford, Willow realizes: This place is not normal. Everyone seems to be stuck in a particular day in 1994: They wear outdated clothing, avoid modern technology, and, perhaps most mystifyingly, watch the OJ Simpson car chase every evening. When she asks questions, people are evasive, but she learns one thing: Close your curtains at night.
High schooler Lily Becker has lived on Clifford her entire life, and she is sick of the island’s twisted mythology and adhering to the rules. She’s been to the mainland, and everyone is normal there, so why is Clifford so weird? Lily is determined to prove that the islanders’ beliefs are a sham. But are they?
Five weeks after Willow arrives on the island, she disappears. Willow’s brother, Harper, comes to Clifford searching for his sister, and when he learns the truth—that this island is far more sinister than anyone could have imagined—he is determined to blow the whole thing open.
If he can get out alive....
My Opinion
🖤 *Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano* is a cult horror novel and one of the creepiest horror books I’ve read this year!
This slow-burn horror novel takes its time developing its characters, building an unsettling atmosphere, and making the dread slowly creep up your neck. Jimmy Juliano has a unique writing style that keeps you immersed in the story, even when you’re wondering where it’s all heading.
Initially, I felt the story wasn’t making much sense because so much of it focused on character development. But then comes the climax, and BOOM! 💥 Everything hits differently. The payoff makes the slow build-up worth it!
I think I’m officially ready to read everything by Jimmy Juliano. If you love creepy horror novels, atmospheric horror, and unsettling stories with a memorable climax, add this one to your TBR!
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