Don't Fear the Reaper

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Stephen Graham Jones

A Locus Award Finalist NATIONAL BESTSELLER December 12th, 2019, Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings, in this “superb” (Publishers Weekly) sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones.Four years after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as soon as she returns to Proofrock. Convicted Serial Killer, Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes from his prison transfer due to a blizzard, just outside of Proofrock, Idaho. Dark Mill South’s Reunion Tour began on December 12th, 2019, a Thursday. Thirty-six hours and twenty bodies later, on Friday the 13th, it would be over. Don’t Fear the Reaper is the “adrenaline-filled” (Library Journal, starred review) sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones.

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Author

Stephen Graham Jones

Pages

464

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2023-02-07

ISBN

1982186615 9781982186616

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"OK it didn't really answer the questions of the first book. And it was even more confusing story this time; hard for me to follow. So it's really only a 2.5 bc it got worse rather than better."

Maya

"Once again, a slasher is thinning out the population of Proofrock. Never fear, Jade has just been released from prison (that whole 4th of July thing) and has returned to town just in time. I still don't know my slasher films well enough to truly understand all of the connections. The characters are awesome, though. If you have the stomach for a gory slasher trope will kick a$$ female characters (and pretty cool guys, too), this book is for you."

Brandi Always Reading

"I truly don’t understand the obsession with this book. I didn’t love it. This is why I tend to avoid anything that’s popular because I end up being disappointed more often than not. "

Emersun

"Way better than book #1. Where the first book I felt like went on in random rants that seemed more like the author bragging about his knowledge of horror as opposed to telling a story, this book actually follows a good story line from the get go. It's also action packed and an actual who done it, where the 1st book you had to read like 200 pages about a teenager feeling sorry for herself and being mad at the world before you even got to anything good"

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Amanda Burawa

"just no straight up…"

"I preordered this book and then proceeded to not read it for months. "Chainsaw" had what I consider the perfect ending and it was hard to imagine what a sequel could bring to the table. Now that I've finished the book I regret not giving it a chance earlier. While Jade is still the star of the show, this book expands to show other characters' POV, and all of these characters just feel so perfectly human. One of the early victims' internal monologue stuck with me for the entire rest of the book. There are a lot of moving parts and things going on in the book, but somehow it all slots together in a way where you couldn't take any of it out. I really loved this. Fantastic sequel."

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""Don't Fear the Reaper" by Stephen Jones follows a girl following her towns serial killer. I would give "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Stephen Jones a 2-star review because, the idea was interesting but the actual reading failed me."

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