The story progresses as the inhabitants of the Kavach Building develop some connections and relationships with each other, and discover that they are all interested in the building’s mysteries. That odd vibe is immediately apparent to Nate, along with other oddities like strangely colored cockroaches, an apartment with a padlocked door, and mysterious writing in his own apartment. The coworker moved out to get a bigger place with his girlfriend, but also because the building has “kind of got an odd vibe to it.” Peter Clines’ 14ġ4 is the story of Nate Tucker, who moves into the mysterious Kavach Building at the recommendation of a coworker who used to live there.

But both have their unique and engaging buildups leading to a big reveal and a bonkers third act. Neither have especially great characters or world-class prose. Where The Fold delves more into the science side of science fiction, 14 leans more on history and mystery.

Or something like that… Honestly, Peter Clines’ 14 shares the same genre-bending mix of elements that makes the second book in the series, The Fold, hard to classify. The bigger questions are: what is the building, what is actually happening in apartment 14, and can they make it out alive? As Nate gets to know his neighbors, and as they begin to discover some of the secrets about their building, suddenly questions about why the rent is so low become the least of their worries. I honestly don’t know how to start this review, so I’ll just start with the elevator pitch for 14:ĭown on his luck, broke, and directionless, Nate Tucker moves into an apartment building with impossibly low rent for LA with a great view of Hollywood. I’ve been staring at this paragraph, writing and rewriting it, for the better part of two hours (as of this writing). Also for instance, you might see a bad movie and give it +3 Cannarfs because you expected it to be worse.īelow, I rate 14 by Peter Clines on this scale. So, for instance, you might see the greatest movie you’ve ever seen, and then give it 0 Cannarfs because it was exactly as good as you expected it to be. It’s a subjective measurement from, -10 to +10, of how good or bad it is relative to your expectations of it. My personal Cannarf Scale of ratings is not an absolute measurement of how good or bad you think something is.

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