Rachel Schommer Reviews: 10.20.25
I hope it feels like Fall where you are! It has been unseasonably warm where I live and while I'm not at all ready for Winter weather, I have had to bring the Fall vibes strictly by reading.
IT CAME FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH: A SMALL TOWN MONSTER HARVEST HORROR by Chris Heinicke & Kate Reedwood
1. Well, this was an absolute delight! I’d personally not say it’s ‘scary’ but it is eerie and a little gross and honestly, just damn good fun in the same way Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice are fun and just a tiny bit unsettling.
2. We follow a rag-tag group of middle schoolers as their small-town experiences an unimaginable horror due to genetic engineering going awry. For someone who immensely dislikes pumpkin, this was the ultimate in “I told you it’s disgusting” revenge. If you really don’t like barf, maybe stay away from this one, although I didn’t think it was too graphic, and found it a bit more funny than gross.
3. The characters were so darn likeable! I wanted to be a part of their friend group except I really wouldn’t want to experience what they go through this one terrible Halloween day...
Completely recommend for a good time!
This review totally sold me on the pumpkin patch horror vibe—I love books that nail that eerie-but-fun tone instead of going full grimdark. The middle schooler friend group angle sounds so charming, and honestly I'm here for the gross-out humor too. Speaking of the slightly unsettling aesthetic, this reminds me of how I've been messing around with a low quality image tool to give my fall mood boards that crunchy, old-web feel—there's something weirdly cozy about deliberately degraded visuals matching the spooky season. Adding this one to my TBR for sure.
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Love that you compared the eerie fun to Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice — totally nailed it! "Uncomfortably Dark" really does capture that vibe perfectly. I've been using https://qwenimaging.com
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