When local events begin to more and more resemble the conventions of her particular obsession, Jade finds herself in a unique position to witness the story unfold in real time. Jade’s capacity to examine her own trauma, heartache, and desire to belong is repeatedly fashioned through the slasher lens with surprisingly satisfying results. Rather than doing two things poorly, Jones is able to leverage the strengths of each genre to complement the other. Jones presents a deep character study that explores all the typical terrain of both an angst-y teen coming-of-age story and a campy slasher film, but with a protagonist so invested in her slasher world that it takes on a fresh presentation, not to mention a fair bit of humor. After a suicide attempt cements her status as a pariah, Jade retreats into her encyclopedic knowledge of the slasher genre as a way to make sense of her troubled world. Jade Daniels is the local weird girl in her small town of Proofrock, Idaho. A Catcher in the Rye meets Friday the 13th in the latest slasher novel from thriller aficionado Jones.
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