Review: A Page Taken Right Out Of The Twilight Zone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2012
Mia Zabriskie has written a story, "Shudderville", which could have come from the writers of the Twilight Zone. "Shudderville" has all the markings of that special story that frightens you, spooks you, creeps you out, yet nothing could make you put the book down until you come to the last page and even then you might find yourself rereading this book over and over again. Then after you have read it a few times in a row you run back to Amazon and buy "Shudderville 2" just so you can experience all of these sensations again. And this is what makes this story so great and Ms. Zabriskie an even greater writer.Sophie is a woman who has suffered tremendous loss and feels even more guilt. She spends her time cooped up in her apartment drinking her guilt and loss away. She is a loner that tries to stay away from people except for a small few she has in her life. In a short amount of time she meets two strange, different but similar, people. Jonah is a young man close to her age and he lives next door to her. She sees him in the laundry area of their apartment building, at the mailboxes, or a few other places that she might frequent. They share a wall and Sophie can hear a lot of what goes on in his apartment. Then she meets Mr. Mandelbaum, the old man who lives on the other side of Jonah. She finds him a little strange until he makes her an offer that totally frightens her. Then Jonah makes her a different offer that freaks her out even more. How can these offers be true and how in the world does Mr. Mandelbaum know so much about her? And this is where I'll stop as I do not want to give anything away.If you like to be spooked, frightened, and love your books to be fear-provoking but `can't put it down' then "Shudderville" is the book for you. This is a 5-star fright night book for those who love to be spooked and it will not disappoint you at all.