#episode thirteen

[loid-a-day]

Loid a day☆

[hatchetfield-scarecrow]

Horror where the horror is never explained, there are no answers and it can never be understood, only survived >>>>>

[nerendus]

I'm about a hundred pages into Episode Thirteen, and I am really enjoying it. I just finished the part of Jessica's second conversation with her sister essentially being "Hey, if shit goes down, you get the hell out of there!" Which is like, almost a guarantee that shit's about to go down, and if the author is cool and sexy, Jessica will be forced into a situation where it is impossible for her to leave. Not through death or "oh no my friends" but some really messed up psychological shit that messes with her. RRRRRRHHHHHJHG I can't wait.

[nat-reviews-books]

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

The ghost hunting team from the hit show Fade to Black is investigating Foundation House, an old plantation house that was used by the Paranormal Research Foundation in the 1970s. They are the first ghost hunters to search the property.

It took me forever to collect my thoughts for this review. I liked the book. The format was interesting, even if it built up the story at a slower pace, I really didn't mind. The ending was building really well. Until it stopped being great. (Spoiler warning) I didn't like that one of the main characters was writing about what happened to them self after death, although this was something that happened earlier in the book, it felt a bit cheap at the end (end spoiler). I just felt a bit let down by this book is all.

[herthrillingreads]

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[provokedgoalie]

I finally finished the last library book I have! (it's due tomorrow, so I was tryna speed through it jsbdjdh) It's called Episode Thirteen by Craig Dilouie. It was a complete mindfuck but I enjoyed it

[bluegrowlmon]

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie was a weird time.

On the one hand, it's textual found footage, which I LOVE, and it's about the last lost episode of a ghost-hunting show that managed to find real ghosts, which is awesome. The ending takes more than a little from House of Leaves, which I can usually take or leave, but here it was good.

The ending though - that I'm iffy on. It reminded me of Midnight Mass in a weird way? I didn't like Midnight Mass, so I didn't like the ending of Episode Thirteen. If you do like Midnight Mass, however, I think you'll like Episode Thirteen, so I'd encourage you to give it a try.

Actually, I'd recommend any horror fans to give the book a read. It's mostly well written (there's some, I feel, ill use of AAVE for a character but it's not used often and thankfully gets dropped as the book goes on, as if the author thought better of it as he was writing), so it's an interesting time all around.

Favorite part is that the ghosts play 70s music whenever they start acting up. Their main song, The Groovy People by the Prayer Beads, as far as I can tell is not a real song. So whenever ghost stuff started happening I played Reunited by Peaches and Herb on youtube, and it set the mood accordingly.

[aspens-library]

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

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This is definitely going to be in my Top 5 books I've read this year. One thing you should know about me is that I love novels that play with our idea of what a novel "should be." This book does just that.

The book is transcripts from found footage films, emails, texts, etc and it is so well done! I honestly think anyone who enjoys found-footage horror movies, ghost hunting shows, or unique novels should definitely give this a read.

[brightbeautifulthings]

I finished Episode Thirteen tonight! It was good horror for me, not great horror. Some nicely creepy/tense moments and things to ponder, but didn't give me heebie-jeebies or deliver major gore or provide a big helping of social commentary. I'd say it's most worth reading if you're interested in the premise and/or like when horror gets kind of metaphysical and weird. 7/10, but a low 7?

Ooh, a 7 isn't too bad though! Metaphysical and weird horror does sound up my alley, so I'll probably give that a try! I'm sorry it wasn't quite as exciting or spooky as you hoped though. 💛 Have you read any great horror so far this year?

The premise does remind me a bit of Burn the Negative by Josh Winning coming out in July. It's about an old horror film that's said to be cursed because almost everyone who worked on it either died mysteriously on set or later on. It's got a pretty cool boogeyman and some good commentary on the treatment of child stars. I'd definitely recommend if it sounds interesting. His books are love letters to film.

[dreamer434]

"All these little moments aren’t just reality, they’re authentic. Interpersonal drama doesn’t always have to be open conflict. It can be restrained hate and even love, not just the romantic kind but also little genuine moments of affection. Parts of people they don’t even know they’re showing, though like I said, the camera sees all. It’s hilarious that this is a show about hunting ghosts, and some think the little candid human moments are the stuff that’s faked and scripted."

Craig Dilouie from Episode Thirteen

[libraryofbaxobab]

June 2, 2023:

This is catnip for me:

• reality tv horror setting

• epistolary, made up of journal entries and descriptions of raw footage

• mysterious unethical science experiments

• impossible architecture

• v spooky

10/10

#WhatsKenyaReading

[bd-wlf]

Guys, mutuals, romans, country men, I am having like a massive Knowledge Craving right now for the Horror genre. I'm currently reading Episode Thirteen and then I'll move on to Poor Things and Frankenstein and I'm listening to The Magnus Archives and watching Supernatural...

Is there any scarier stuff out there? Like not stuff that would make a person paranoid but like stuff with cheap thrills in it. Cheezy jump scares and old school monsters but in book form? I've looked everywhere :(

[drowsyreaper]

Bite Size Book Review: Episode Thirteen

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie Episode Thirteen is an epistolary novel that treads familiar horror territory: a tv crew is investigating a famously haunted location, there are tensions within the group that are building, the house doesn’t exhibit any supernatural behavior until suddenly all the paranormal stuff starts happening, blah blah blah. We know these beats. Are they cliched? Yes. Did…

[nerendus]

I've finished Episode Thirteen, and I am utterly, thoroughly ruined.

It's making me feel the exact same way I felt at the end of House of Leaves and myhouse.wad. Like, I cannot stress enough how good this book was, and if you are in this sort of weird liminal horror, you've got the check this book out. But also, if you are interested, pleased stop reading this.

The ending, I fucking loved. Kevin has been a character I sorta kept going back and forth about how I felt about him, and once he killed Jake, easily my best man, I just lost whatever chance I had at liking him. I understand what he was going through and I sympathize with that, but you don't touch the Techno Viking. Matt and Claire's ending was just....super cool. I honestly don't even know how to explain it.

And of course there is Rashida, the star of the show. I don't know what the author was trying to convey in that final scene, but it feels clear to me that her whole time loop hell had a toll on her, and that this is still her actually alive, probably right after Claire escorted her out of the labyrinth.

I loved the whole House of Leaves vibe this book. The labyrinth, Minotaur, a horror story that is really just a love story. And of course the whole Navidson Record feel this whole book had, the only thing that's missing is the person who compiled all of those documents together interjecting randomly to talk about his extremely depressing but active sex life.

I started this book when it was around eight, and it is now nine in the morning so yeah....that's how I've decided to use my entire day. I should probably take a break from looking at this screen for a while so my eyes don't explode like they tend to do.

Go check out this book, and stay groovy, my dudes!

[nat-reviews-books]

Currently Reading: Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

I'm reading this as a buddy read with my book club. Although I'm reading multiple books right now, this definitely has me interested, and I'm hoping to get a solid chunk read tomorrow at work.

[theirwolfbicanthrope]

so, I read Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie.

holy shit.

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so uh. holy shit. never has a book had such a deep impact and effect on me. the building tension and dread. the mystery and sanity unraveling. the cosmic horror and cosmic hope of it all. the existential crisis i am constantly avoiding that it tapped into.

I am not even sure if I can say that I liked it? but the moment I start to think I didn't I get defensive of it. did I like where it went, the ultimate answers we get? no. I definitely did not. did I enjoy the journey still? I...don't know. I am glad that I read it. I will absolutely recommend it for anyone looking for a mindfuck of a paranormal book. it was science fiction. it was a ghost story. it was a human story. it was horror. it was tragedy.

maybe a malevolent entity bent on driving us mad or sees us as nothing can be less frightening than an entity that welcomes you but is utterly devoid of what makes us human, and you can only reach it if you are willing to lose yourself in the end.