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I read the entire thing, it was long for a reddit post, but short for what Could be a soldi Stephen king novel.
I don't know if the author came up with the concept, but that what's make the story good. It's an instant urban legend idea that can be tried at home with no risk to whichever stoned kids give it a shot. It could be a movie, but they'd need to dump a lot of the second half of the story, and probably need to redo the ending entirely.
The downside, predictable action scenes, too much variety in monsters without any back story for their existence, timeline wasn't defined tightly or loosely enough, so it felt inconsistent. It got a bit too grand at the end and the writing couldn't keep up. Finally, the found record element needed tightening or removal. Seems like a lot of criticism, but really I think it was one of the best uses of that format I've read.
I don't know if the author came up with the concept, but that what's make the story good. It's an instant urban legend idea that can be tried at home with no risk to whichever stoned kids give it a shot. It could be a movie, but they'd need to dump a lot of the second half of the story, and probably need to redo the ending entirely.
The downside, predictable action scenes, too much variety in monsters without any back story for their existence, timeline wasn't defined tightly or loosely enough, so it felt inconsistent. It got a bit too grand at the end and the writing couldn't keep up. Finally, the found record element needed tightening or removal. Seems like a lot of criticism, but really I think it was one of the best uses of that format I've read.