Book Review | THE ELEMENTALS by Michael McDowell

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024

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  • @GabrielTheMagolorMain
    @GabrielTheMagolorMain 3 роки тому +5

    So true, this book would be a great adaptation, especially from Mike Flannigan!

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому +1

      Flannigan would do a great job at adapting this.

  • @TheWorldAccordingToJ
    @TheWorldAccordingToJ 3 роки тому +3

    I started this book in 1982, and haven't been able to finish it. Maybe I'll try again.

  • @TheBookubus
    @TheBookubus 3 роки тому +2

    Glad to hear you enjoyed this one! I really liked it too and it was my fave McDowell until I read Cold Moon Over Babylon which I think is even better :)

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому +2

      I really want to read the rest of his work. I love southern gothic stories.

    • @codybishop7526
      @codybishop7526 2 роки тому +1

      I have tried to get into Cold Moon, but the characters are not as interesting or deeply fleshed out like they are in the Elememtals. In the Elementals, I feel like I know each character so well. Even compared to McDowell’s the Blackwater saga (which is 10x longer and more fleshed out)… I still think the characters in the Elementals are so well realized and defined that I keep going back to the book. And I recommend the Audible version to anyone who enjoys horror. And the narrator made this experience so much spookier than reading it.

  • @grantross2609
    @grantross2609 2 місяці тому +1

    McDowell seems to have had a thing about elements with the Blackwater saga being a standout.......

  • @ItalianStallionBDM
    @ItalianStallionBDM 3 роки тому +1

    Mcdowell wrote the screenplays for Beetlejuice and nightmare before christmas! I read cold moon over babylon this year, want to get to the elementals soon

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому

      How did you like Cold Moon Over Babylon? I think that's what I'd like to read next of his.

    • @ItalianStallionBDM
      @ItalianStallionBDM 3 роки тому

      @@BradProctorReads yeah I thought it was decent. Kindof a classic southern drama with like familial secrets and plotting and stuff, plus some horror aspects. Worth a read👍

  • @spookynoodles73
    @spookynoodles73 3 роки тому +1

    Great review, per usual. I wonder if I have moon over Babylon. Sounds familiar. I think I might skip this one for now, but I may try it out one day. :)

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому

      Thanks Nick! That'd be awesome if you have one of his books. The vintage ones are so hard to find.

  • @2ndhandbookclan274
    @2ndhandbookclan274 3 роки тому +1

    Great review! I just read this in October after hearing about it fir years and I loved it!

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому

      Thanks! It was a great book. Can't wait to read more of his stuff. Have you read anything else by him?

  • @DarkBetweenPages
    @DarkBetweenPages 3 роки тому

    Ughhh but can Friday be over already? 😆🤣
    Awesome review Brad! Man. People have to stop selling me on books! My account and wallet is HATING me! Ohhhhhhh wait...that’s a great idea for a goofy horror book! That’s it I may have to become an author now! 😳😆🤣

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому

      Thanks Nichi! I'll be waiting to read your book lol.

    • @DarkBetweenPages
      @DarkBetweenPages 3 роки тому

      @@BradProctorReads Hahaha! if ONLY I had the talent to ACTUALLY write it! lol

  • @Priscilla_Bettis
    @Priscilla_Bettis 3 роки тому

    The Elementals has been on my TBR forever. Maybe after the Christmas rush.

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому +1

      Same for me. I had been wanting to read this forever. I'm very excited to check out more of his work.

  • @ABFrank.
    @ABFrank. 3 роки тому +1

    The Haunting of... season 3 is a good idea 💡

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому +1

      I'd love to see this book adapted for television.

  • @MrHernandez1994
    @MrHernandez1994 3 роки тому

    Could you provide a list of your favorite Southern Gothic novels, short stories, stuff like that. I’m working on something for grad school. Thanks I’m advanced

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому

      Hello Julio. Are you wanting a list of Southern Gothic or Southern Gothic Horror books?

    • @MrHernandez1994
      @MrHernandez1994 3 роки тому

      @@BradProctorReads Really both, I am not ruling out Horror. Most of the times Bloodlines and family plays a role as well.

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  3 роки тому +1

      Here is a list on Goodreads with a ton of Southern Gothic books on it. Hope this helps. www.goodreads.com/list/show/16019.Best_Southern_Gothic_Literature

  • @TheNerdyNarrative
    @TheNerdyNarrative 3 роки тому

    No A\C in an Alabama summer? Noooooooooooooooooooooo way I'd be out there.

  • @cindyoquinn7924
    @cindyoquinn7924 3 роки тому

    Great job‼️

  • @timmc8444
    @timmc8444 2 роки тому

    had heard great things about this book- just finished reading it...not much horror and not that great!

    • @BradProctorReads
      @BradProctorReads  2 роки тому

      It's definitely a slow burn of a book and not a lot of action when it comes to the supernatural stuff. Sorry it didn't work out for you.