Review: Tightly woven tale of terror.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
This is a short story about a man and a crawlspace. He endures a true level of terror as he finds himself trapped in a crawlspace under his house.I had to stop reading this story because it triggered an attack of claustrophobia. In fact, I had to stop more than once because of it. But once I got past the set-up of the location and got into the heart of the story, it all changed. Because of my strong reaction to the author's description of the crawlspace, the rest of the story lost a lot of its ability to scare or freak me out. I even felt like it was a bit cliche in the way it went.So, I am having mixed feelings about this one. It truly terrified me in some parts and left me feeling underwhelmed in others. Since the part that didn't scare was the part that was intended to do that, I can't decide if this is successful or not, especially considering that it was probably a reaction from the claustrophobia anyway.I will let other readers decide that.I will warn anyone that has claustrophobia, parts of this story will freak you out and you may want to avoid it.