Dexter Morgenstern

For all the tragedy in this story, I should care more about the characters than I did by the end of the story.

When the story opens you feel the terror and confusion. The jump from scene to scene without transition helps with this emotion. It is immediately set up as a horror and suspense story. No matter how fast or far or out of reach that our protagonist runs, the killer is right there. You feel the fear and torment but I didn't feel anything else. The author plays with the negative emotions well but the good feeling or what would have been moments of relief in the story didn’t convey as well. With the extreme downs, I was looking for those ups to bring me back. The narrative between action didn’t bring as much relief as I needed to prepare for the next “what the hell” moment.

Dexter Morgenstern is good at horror, and the ending was unique. This set up of a tragic eternal victim causes you to root for something we usually don’t want for our protagonist. However, every good jump scare needs a recovery. That was lost in Eternal Victim. It's one confusing and shock after another that made the story exhausting and at times hard to follow and continue.… (more)