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lucasm12333's review
5.0
Cesare is a can't miss author
I just can't stop reading stuff by this guy. I've enjoyed everything of his I've read so far. These were the first short stories by him that I've read and they were great! He writes like Joe Lansdale, Stephen King, and Jack Ketchum got together and decided to pound out some homages to horror culture (especially 80s movies). Highly recommended!
I just can't stop reading stuff by this guy. I've enjoyed everything of his I've read so far. These were the first short stories by him that I've read and they were great! He writes like Joe Lansdale, Stephen King, and Jack Ketchum got together and decided to pound out some homages to horror culture (especially 80s movies). Highly recommended!
cryoweasel's review
3.0
I liked a lot of the stories in these but I think some didn't quite fit the book. I have to say though that this book has made me more interested in the author.
xterminal's review
3.0
Adam Cesare, Bone Meal Broth (Adam Cesare, 2012)
Quick collection of horror shorts, about half previously published. Some interesting ideas, though most require fuller fleshing-out to achieve their true potential (e.g., the noir tale “Pink Tissue”, which could stand to be four or five times its current length) and some awkward writing here and there, usually at the end of a story (either it simply cuts off when it seems like there should be more to it, or there's just something vaguely unsatisfactory about the way Cesare ends the tale). These tales could use some work, but Cesare obviously has some talent, and with a bit more work, he'll be doing professional-level stories in the relatively near future. ** ½
Quick collection of horror shorts, about half previously published. Some interesting ideas, though most require fuller fleshing-out to achieve their true potential (e.g., the noir tale “Pink Tissue”, which could stand to be four or five times its current length) and some awkward writing here and there, usually at the end of a story (either it simply cuts off when it seems like there should be more to it, or there's just something vaguely unsatisfactory about the way Cesare ends the tale). These tales could use some work, but Cesare obviously has some talent, and with a bit more work, he'll be doing professional-level stories in the relatively near future. ** ½
martinroberts's review
3.0
I enjoyed this collection a great deal. There's plenty of creepy characters (Rollin & Jeanie)*awesome, and freaky imagery for the horror fan to enjoy in the short, sharp shocks offered in Bone Meal Broth.
From the opening story - The Still - through to the closing tale, The White Halloween, both of which happen to be highpoints in my opinion, Adam allows us nine brief glimpses into a world just out of sync with the one most us inhabit - thankfully - steering us down, into the dark, shattering the fragile safety of our brighly lit and populated world.
The light is just out of reach, forever beyond our grasp.
I do however think that this is just a starter for the main course...The Tribesman - my copy is en route so I don't have too long to wait to find out.
I can't end these thought's without mention of a story called Trap. Having personally experienced a home invasion of the twitching kind myself, I certainly related to this tale on a personal level and I suspect that others will too.
*For Awesomwe fellow brits may choose to read splendid!
From the opening story - The Still - through to the closing tale, The White Halloween, both of which happen to be highpoints in my opinion, Adam allows us nine brief glimpses into a world just out of sync with the one most us inhabit - thankfully - steering us down, into the dark, shattering the fragile safety of our brighly lit and populated world.
The light is just out of reach, forever beyond our grasp.
I do however think that this is just a starter for the main course...The Tribesman - my copy is en route so I don't have too long to wait to find out.
I can't end these thought's without mention of a story called Trap. Having personally experienced a home invasion of the twitching kind myself, I certainly related to this tale on a personal level and I suspect that others will too.
*For Awesomwe fellow brits may choose to read splendid!
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