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kitpower's review
4.0
'Deeply Twisted' is a fine collection of tales, evoking Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman, whilst having a distinct voice all it's own. Noordeloos is not a 'safe' horror writer. The places, situations and people are often bleak, and when violence occurs (as it frequently does) it is graphic and brutal. Not that this collection is simply gore for gores sake - though these tails often contain significant shock value, their true worth is in the characterizations - the number of different characters and voices encountered represent a considerable feat of imagination, and each character and voice is well realized and believably drawn, even as the situations they encounter plunge them out of the world as we know it and into dark, often nightmarish landscapes. There's a huge and impressive range of setting and character on display here, a sense of a live imagination pushing hard in all directions. Recommended for the strong of stomach and steady of nerve.
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