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This omnibus edition includes books one and two in the bestselling World's Scariest Places series.Suicide Forest - Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan...and also the most infamous spot to commit suicide in the world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming, haunting deep in the ancient woods.When bad weather prevents a group of friends from climbing neighboring Mt. Fuji, they decide to spend the night camping in Aokigahara. But they get more than they bargained for when one of them is found hanged in the morning--and they realize there might be some truth to the legends after all.The Catacombs - Paris, France, is known as the City of Lights, a metropolis renowned for romance and beauty. Beneath the bustling streets and caf s, however, exists The Catacombs, a labyrinth of crumbling tunnels home to six million dead.When a video camera containing mysterious footage is discovered deep within their depths, a group of friends venture into the tunnels to investigate. But what starts out as a lighthearted adventure takes a turn for the worse when they reach their destination--and stumble upon the evil lurking there. No library descriptions found. |
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The downside to the pair of them, especially reading them one after another, desperately starving for more after the conclusion of Suicide Forest, is the formulaic outline of the stories. I understand writers exhibiting a characteristic style recognizable as them throughout their works but these two were plug and play: new location, new characters, same basic background and storyline. This made the second story tougher to read through the lull and resulted in my skipping ahead to the blockbuster ending.
That being said, I have to hand it to Jeremy Bates, his writing made me feel the panic and claustrophobia of being stuck in a narrow passge in the catacombs (even now, months later, seriously, breathing is harder) and I was in Aokigahara, amidst the green, with his characters stumbling through the roots and knots of the forest floor. (Side note, really eager to see the movie for comparison.) ( )