Let me tell you something about The Barrens. It’s cleverly plotted. The author has an end goal in mind but twists the reader’s minds in knots with every curve in the road. This is a book that you need to read. Horror can be an incredibly overpopulated genre with immensely big boots to fill, but Joe Goodglass has torn through every expectation, every roadblock, and any limitations standing in his way.  The spotlight is shining in his eyes but he in no way lets that stand in his way.  The Barrens, to me, felt like a mash-up of The Blair Witch Project and Happy Death Day.  I don’t know why…