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madarauchiha's review
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨
Not only is this copaganda, but this is porn for men. No, lot like erotic or explicit materials. It's a story where burly manly men Do What Must Be Done even though it's illegal and immoral and they are the Heros Of The Story. It's very wish fulfillment aimed towards cishet men.
Female characters are an after thought. They're plackards on the museum of masculinity, denoting yes, this male character has gone through the standard path of life for manly burly cishet menfolk. Wife. Preteen Daughter(s). Student that's ethically off limits for fucking and also kinda bitchy because she's here to learn and not for her MRS degree. That's the extent of women characters. The more prominent ones are the Wives and we don't get much out of either. They lost a kid, blame the husband for not Doing Enough, and cease existing according to the plot.
Supernatural shit?
Well the author did SOME reason which is far more than most white authors would do. Good job, I guess. And they get props for avoiding the racist Magical Evil Child Murdering Indians trope.
I'd say the story is 15 percent supernatural horror, the rest copaganda thriller. It was decently written, I don't regret the hour spent reading it. Just go into it understanding that this is a very sexy, fluffy, completely fictional version of police and federal agents that does not exist in real life.
Content Warnings
minor alcoholism, child death,
medium suicide, school shooting,
major self harm, injuries, confinement, torture, child abuse, medical abuse, gore, death, gun violence, child death, ableism, suicide ideation, police, kidnapping, grief,
Not only is this copaganda, but this is porn for men. No, lot like erotic or explicit materials. It's a story where burly manly men Do What Must Be Done even though it's illegal and immoral and they are the Heros Of The Story. It's very wish fulfillment aimed towards cishet men.
Female characters are an after thought. They're plackards on the museum of masculinity, denoting yes, this male character has gone through the standard path of life for manly burly cishet menfolk. Wife. Preteen Daughter(s). Student that's ethically off limits for fucking and also kinda bitchy because she's here to learn and not for her MRS degree. That's the extent of women characters. The more prominent ones are the Wives and we don't get much out of either. They lost a kid, blame the husband for not Doing Enough, and cease existing according to the plot.
Supernatural shit?
Well the author did SOME reason which is far more than most white authors would do. Good job, I guess. And they get props for avoiding the racist Magical Evil Child Murdering Indians trope.
I'd say the story is 15 percent supernatural horror, the rest copaganda thriller. It was decently written, I don't regret the hour spent reading it. Just go into it understanding that this is a very sexy, fluffy, completely fictional version of police and federal agents that does not exist in real life.
Content Warnings
minor alcoholism, child death,
medium suicide, school shooting,
major self harm, injuries, confinement, torture, child abuse, medical abuse, gore, death, gun violence, child death, ableism, suicide ideation, police, kidnapping, grief,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Torture, Child death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Gun violence, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Child death
charshorrorcorner's review
4.0
4.5 stars!
This audiobook was brutal! Seriously, when I say that, you know it's brutal.
Setting that aside for a moment, this book was extremely well written. There were a few times I wished that I could highlight certain passages. I also thought the narrator was good, though I was not fond of the voice he used for the first villain. Other than that I enjoyed his performance.
Back to the brutality, it's not torture porn, (because I mostly avoid that type of thing), but brutal as far as children are concerned. Violence towards children is very hard to read about and, as it turns out, it's even harder to listen to. A few times I was extremely surprised that the scenes turned out the way they did. Seriously, there were some jaw dropping moments.
In spite of the sometimes difficult scenes, the narrative was fantastic. As far as villains go, this book contains the best I've seen in quite some time.
To summarize, this audiobook was very, very good. It's brutal, but well written and fast paced. The author deftly handles a few different viewpoints and the reader is compelled to finish the book and finish it NOW. I think this book would work well in print or as I "read" it, in audio.
Highly recommended to horror readers that can handle this type of violence.
*Michael McBride provided a free copy of the audiobook through Audible in exchange for an honest review. This is it.*
This audiobook was brutal! Seriously, when I say that, you know it's brutal.
Setting that aside for a moment, this book was extremely well written. There were a few times I wished that I could highlight certain passages. I also thought the narrator was good, though I was not fond of the voice he used for the first villain. Other than that I enjoyed his performance.
Back to the brutality, it's not torture porn, (because I mostly avoid that type of thing), but brutal as far as children are concerned. Violence towards children is very hard to read about and, as it turns out, it's even harder to listen to. A few times I was extremely surprised that the scenes turned out the way they did. Seriously, there were some jaw dropping moments.
In spite of the sometimes difficult scenes, the narrative was fantastic. As far as villains go, this book contains the best I've seen in quite some time.
To summarize, this audiobook was very, very good. It's brutal, but well written and fast paced. The author deftly handles a few different viewpoints and the reader is compelled to finish the book and finish it NOW. I think this book would work well in print or as I "read" it, in audio.
Highly recommended to horror readers that can handle this type of violence.
*Michael McBride provided a free copy of the audiobook through Audible in exchange for an honest review. This is it.*
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