My Goodreads review: Knock Knock

Knock Knock by S.P. Miskowski

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


If you're looking for old-fashioned (in the best sense) supernatural chills, & a way to scare yourself silly reading late into the night, Knock Knock is a great place to start. Though relatively low on the splatter scale, this atmospheric tale of revenant evil in a small Washington town delivers.

Even more remarkably, it accomplishes this by a tight focus on the lives of three childhood friends, all female. Told in short sections of shifting viewpoint, the novel moves briskly through time as it examines the effect of one childish ritual in the woods on the lives of those who participated -- and the collateral damage to many who didn't. As I'm about the age of the three protagonists, I particularly enjoyed the "period piece" flavor of the opening sections.

Readers who wonder where the women's viewpoints are in modern horror should not miss this one.

One caveat: there is violence against dogs in this novel. It is appropriately written & essential to the plot, but it's still there. This is not a criticism, just a bit of warning for anyone else who has the trouble I do with this topic.




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