Short Book Review: Man, Fuck This House -- by Brian Asman

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Count this one as a quick, horror read with a wacky ending.

I hovered between a three and a four with this one until the ending took a turn for the bizarre. A family moves into a new house that is really nice. But the kids are creepy (at least one of them is), the dad is happily clueless, and the mom—Sabrina— is going through a bit of a midlife crisis over amounting to nothing more than being "mom."

Mom isn’t enthused with the move to satisfy her husband's job related advancements, but the house—it settles her, kind of. Eventually. Until it doesn’t. And there you have the title for the book.

Damien, the youngest of Mom's two children, and living up to the standard for the name, sets a living nightmare in motion when he sets out on a mission to scare the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of his mother. But supernatural forces aren’t to be reckoned with, and his plans go awry. Deadly awry.

A touch of Poltergeist. A touch of King Kong in a very weird way. There is nothing truly "deep" about this one. But it's a worthwhile read in the category of horror lite.

Look for Man, Fuck This House here.