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nikkihaske's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
hanyaya's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Gore
Moderate: Death of parent and Violence
vorpalblad's review against another edition
4.0
Weirdly Awesome
Rotters is horrific yet not horrifying. By that I mean this is not a horrific story a la Stephen King, but there are plenty of gruesome details and the subject matter is not for the squeamish. The fact that Kraus can write a novel about a father and son team of grave robbers and make it touching will tell you how good this is.
Rotters is horrific yet not horrifying. By that I mean this is not a horrific story a la Stephen King, but there are plenty of gruesome details and the subject matter is not for the squeamish. The fact that Kraus can write a novel about a father and son team of grave robbers and make it touching will tell you how good this is.
pwbalto's review
3.0
But the mud and the maggots and the gouged-out eyes and all this Dario Argento stuff is kind of just the trappings. Rotters is really about legacy, and changing traditions, and feeling trapped. There is a lot of talk about being buried alive, causing the reader to pay attention to themes of freedom versus conformity in the text.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/08/rotters-by-daniel-kraus-review.html
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/08/rotters-by-daniel-kraus-review.html
bookgirl4ever's review
4.0
Joey lives a happy life trying to please his mother. Little does he know, the life he thought he'd have disappears after the death of his mother. Joey is sent to live with his father, who has before had no role in his son's life, in a small town. Joey goes from a nice home with an attentive mother to a smelly, dirty shack with a father who doesn't seem to care for him. Joey is bullied at school but soon finds out what his father's living entails - grave robbing - which leads him to the inner strength to get by (strange, huh?). Very detailed and like no other book I've ever read.
High school.
High school.
mariesreads's review
4.0
I laughed, I cried, I gagged. Part coming of age, part touching father-son story, part Jacobean revenge fantasy, part love story, part grave-robbing story. There's so much going on in this novel! It's graphic, it's disturbing, but it's so weirdly touching and poignant in other places.
I felt the narrative dragged a bit in the final third, and then went way too fast, but that's a minor complaint. Where this book works, it REALLY works.
I felt the narrative dragged a bit in the final third, and then went way too fast, but that's a minor complaint. Where this book works, it REALLY works.
readwithpassion's review
4.0
Listened to this on Audio CD in the car. I believe it was 13 discs, so it took me two months (I don't drive far), but it was a very enjoyable story.
shinesalot's review
3.0
Listened to this years ago. I remember being extremely grossed out, but that the story was pretty amazing. Loved the characters...even the creepy, gross ones.