Book Review / Burn the Negative by Josh Winning

 

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse that haunted it is reawakened.

Arriving in L.A. to visit the set of a new streaming horror series, journalist Laura Warren witnesses a man jumping from a bridge, landing right behind her car. Here we go, she thinks. It’s started. Because the series she’s reporting on is a remake of a ’90s horror flick. A cursed ’90s horror flick, which she starred in as a child—and has been running from her whole life.

In The Guesthouse, Laura played the little girl with the terrifying gift to tell people how the Needle Man would kill them. When eight of the cast and crew died in ways that eerily mirrored the movie’s on-screen deaths, the film became a cult classic—and ruined her life. Leaving it behind, Laura changed her name and her accent, dyed her hair, and moved across the Atlantic. But some scripts don’t want to stay buried.

Now, as the body count rises again, Laura finds herself on the run with her aspiring actress sister and a jaded psychic, hoping to end the curse once and for all—and to stay out of the Needle Man’s lethal reach.

Published:  11th July 2023  

Publisher:  Penguin

Goodreads : Click Here

Series or Stand-Alone:  Stand-Alone

Source:  Bought

MY REVIEW

What I loved about this story...   This story was so much fun for me to read.  Following Laura as she visits LA, obviously with a past that we need to know more about, we see her tryign to investigate a new reboot of a 90s horror movie which she starred in as a child.  What I loved the most was finding out more and more about what happened in the last to Laura and why it matters in the present day story.  I found that the more fascinating part of this story...

What I didn't like about this story...  This story was a little predictable for me so I would have loved to have had some more twists and turns that took me by surprise.  

Would I recommend?  Absolutely.  This book was fun to read with a very interesting back story that kept me intrigued.  I also very much enjoyed this author's style of writing and shall definitely be picking up more books by this person in the future.