The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre Review

Title: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

Author: Phillip Fracassi

Page Count: 416

Publisher: Tor Nightfire

Sub-Genre: Slasher

Synopsis:

"Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers cringing, laughing, and guessing until the very last page.

Rose DuBois is not your average final girl. Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home. When one of her friends dies alone in her apartment, Rose isn’t too concerned. Accidents happen, especially at this age!

Then another resident drops dead. And another. With bodies stacking up, Rose can’t help but wonder: are these accidents? Old age? Or something far more sinister?

Together with her best friend Miller, Rose begins to investigate. The further she digs, the more convinced she becomes: there’s a killer on the loose at Autumn Springs, and if she isn’t careful, Rose may be their next victim." Via Good Reads

Rating: 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

Review

I can say with absolute confidence that this book has clawed its way onto my “favorite books of the year” list—and possibly carved its initials there with a kitchen knife.

This was an amazing and gloriously gory slasher set in a retirement village, which, honestly, is the most unexpected and perfect location for mayhem. The cast of characters is heartwarming, hilarious, and unhinged. I was hooked from the first chapter, torn between wanting to savor every page and frantically speed-reading to find out who would make it out alive (if anyone).

Rose DuBois deserves her own fan club. She might be my favorite character of the entire year, absolutely unforgettable. The Baxter sisters had me cackling out loud like a lunatic, and Tatum? Tatum broke me.

This book is vulnerable, graphic, paced wonderfully and entertaining. It was a bloody good time and I think everyone who enjoys slashers need to read this book!