Scanlines Review

Scanlines by Todd Keisling

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Scanlines is the latest by Todd Keisling, and I have to start off by saying. Buy this book, read the review after, but buy this book.

With that out of the way, Scanlines is the story of Robby and his friends who brave the sloth like speeds of the early internet days in hopes of watching some porn. What they didn’t expect was to run into a tape that made “faces of death” look like a children’s show. The video has stuck with the boys, and now the question must be asked, is there any escape?

This is such a dark, bleak book. From the very beginning of the story, Keisling pulls you in and never lets you up for air. The writing here posses a wonderful quality that has you just turning the pages until you’ve finished. The atmosphere of the entire story was just dark, ominous and sad. You could just tell that things were going to keep getting worse. It’s hard to describe but something about this book just stuck with me, it didn’t feel like fiction. It felt like an urban legend you heard about, and wonder if it could be true.

I recommend scanlines to anyone looking for a dark read. To talk about this book too much is to ruin it, I’ll just reiterate...I couldn’t stop thinking about this book. It just sticks with you.