I am a SUCKER for movies based off of books, I love reading them and then watching the film! Today I thought I would bring you a book AND movie review! Enter In The Tall Grass by Joe Hill!
This was such a dark read. This was a short, gory, and creepy read. I thought it had the perfect amount of details and kept me engaged page after page. We follow a brother and sister who get lost in a tall grass field and seemingly cannot get out no matter what they do.
The movie took a slightly different path, but it had helped to have read the book so I found it was easier to follow. I don’t want to spoil much of it, so, just know there are a few different characters in the movie and a slight difference in the plot. Still enjoyable!
What I loved about this book…just how creepy 62 pages could be! Evil lurks around every corner and has you gasping and yelling at the characters with every page! If you heard a child calling for help in a field would you go and try to help? That is what gets the brother and sister duo into trouble in the first place…
As I previously mentioned there is some gory detail so just be warned. I feel like if you’re picking up this book to begin with you’re probably going to expect that, so no big deal. How it all ends is such a treat!
4 stars. I read this in no time at all and honestly was a little spooked at the end of it all. I highly recommend you read this versus watching the movie. If you have the time, do both (but book first!). Have you read this one? What did you think of it?
Title: In The Tall Grass
Author: Stephen King & Joe Hill
Genre(s): Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
Publisher: Scribner Books
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Find it here on Goodreads
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