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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Vietnam, Charlie Manson, Woodstock and a double homicide. Ketchum does crime and he does it well. Loaded with atmosphere and filled with highly fascinating characters. Especially the baddie of the bunch. Ray Pye. Short power. An explosive little fucker, just as vain as he is dangerous. Girls, drugs, detectives and a case that hasn't gone entirely cold; this baby's on fire right from the start and keeps burning all the way through. Ketchum hasn't disappointed me yet.
P.S.
Would have made an incredible Tarantino flick. Trunk shot opportunities aplenty!
P.S.
Would have made an incredible Tarantino flick. Trunk shot opportunities aplenty!
In the early 60s, Ray Pye, a young sociopathic drug dealer shoots two women in the woods for "something to do" and he gets away with it. Four years later we catch up with Ray, the cops who tried to bring him down, his two friends who were present for the murder and a few additional females brought in to showcase Ray's madness. I was thoroughly unimpressed with this novel.[return][return]I think the author was trying to describe the desperation people feel when they experience loss. Some folks take to the bottle, some to sex, some rebound and some just plain go crazy. However, it takes a solid three hundred pages before the story picks up and quite frankly it was a challenge to finish. I think Ketchum is a pretty solid writer in the horror fiction genre, but this book was disappointing.
Not a review. For my poor book/memory retention.
The one where the guy has the two friends and is horrible to women and there's a couple of cops and one cop dates a younger lady and it's kinda sweet but she dies and he tries not to be cynical, I guess?
The one where the guy has the two friends and is horrible to women and there's a couple of cops and one cop dates a younger lady and it's kinda sweet but she dies and he tries not to be cynical, I guess?
Ketchum always has 70s slasher vibes, like I Spit on your Grave. This one was honestly a bit tame compared to some of his other books, but felt readily adaptable for film, so maybe that was intentional.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like some of Ketchum's other books but this one droned on and on and there were not really any likable characters. Felt like sitting in the middle of a trailor park where you watch trainwrecks all around you but nothing truly interesting is happening.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes