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L. A. Barnes is public librarian in the southern United States. She is a Nerdist podcast listening, South Park loving, Twin Peaks conspiracy theorizing, Stephen King reading and Joss Whedon worshiping geek. The Pit is her first novel. She plans to explore the Watchmaker’s Universe through four more novels.
Reviewed by Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite
The Pit: Watchmaker's Hell, Book One by L.A. Barnes is an amazing, terror driven story that you will want to read again. All of us are curious about the afterlife and what happens when we die. In this novel, a group of people is shown in the afterlife. They have nothing in common, only that they died at the same time. They have no idea if they are in heaven or hell. They believe they are in heaven because they are not like people who would deserve hell.
However, when they meet other dead people, they get the suspicion that they may be in hell. There is a Nazi among them, so if he is here, maybe every one of them is in hell too. They meet Marcus, a Roman who has been dead for 2000 years. Now Marcus is guiding them through their afterlife, only Marcus is not leading them right. He is keeping something to himself. But what is it?
I usually stay very far away from horror novels and movies. But this novel intrigued me. First of all, the cover grabbed my attention and then the blurb grabbed me by the neck. The anticipation was so good. Right from the beginning, I was thrilled to read this novel. I wanted to learn more about the characters, even the ones whom I didn’t like particularly. I wanted to know more about the Nazi and about Marcus. I want to see how he was when he was alive. I hope Book 2 comes out soon. An amazing, well-written novel that you cannot put down.
