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skullheadface's review
5.0
Whatcha gonna do when Howe and Newman run wild on you??!!
One of the greatest stories I've ever read. The synopsis doesn't do it justice, this book absolutely rules. Brutal, bleak, wicked. The gore score is in the red zone too.
5/5 Skulls
One of the greatest stories I've ever read. The synopsis doesn't do it justice, this book absolutely rules. Brutal, bleak, wicked. The gore score is in the red zone too.
5/5 Skulls
dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
Mike Rawson leaves his wife and baby behind for a weekend to go on a road trip to Wrestlemania III with Lonnie, Pork Chop, and Cyndi-from-the-bar. When they take a wrong turn and find a teenage girl with symbols carved into her body, what brand of hell have they gotten into?
Wrestling fiction is hard to come by and Adam Howe and James Newman have written some of the best. When Adam came knocking with Scapegoat, a book written by both of them, I couldn't turn him away.
While wrestling didn't turn out to be a big part of this, Scapegoat was still a fun read, a B-horror book about rock and roll and the end of the world. It's also hilarious.
Mike is the straight man of the tale, the member of the band that grew up and got a job. Lonnie and Pork Chop, still living in the days of Wrathbone, the band they thought would make them famous, have not grown up in the least. Cyndi-from-the-bar is a whole other animal. When they find a would-be teenage sacrifice, they find themselves hunted by a fundamentalist Christian sect. Hilarity and gore ensue.
Scapegoat was a lot of fun and avoided a lot of the cliches this type of book normally encompasses. Mike's not a hero or a bad ass. Neither are Pork Chop or Lonnie, though they all have their good points. It feels like a lost '80s satanic panic tale Joe Lansdale might have written.
Scapegoat is a funny, gore-strewn good time. Four out of five stars.
Wrestling fiction is hard to come by and Adam Howe and James Newman have written some of the best. When Adam came knocking with Scapegoat, a book written by both of them, I couldn't turn him away.
While wrestling didn't turn out to be a big part of this, Scapegoat was still a fun read, a B-horror book about rock and roll and the end of the world. It's also hilarious.
Mike is the straight man of the tale, the member of the band that grew up and got a job. Lonnie and Pork Chop, still living in the days of Wrathbone, the band they thought would make them famous, have not grown up in the least. Cyndi-from-the-bar is a whole other animal. When they find a would-be teenage sacrifice, they find themselves hunted by a fundamentalist Christian sect. Hilarity and gore ensue.
Scapegoat was a lot of fun and avoided a lot of the cliches this type of book normally encompasses. Mike's not a hero or a bad ass. Neither are Pork Chop or Lonnie, though they all have their good points. It feels like a lost '80s satanic panic tale Joe Lansdale might have written.
Scapegoat is a funny, gore-strewn good time. Four out of five stars.
sjj169's review
4.0
4.5 stars.
Okay, so I loved the heck outta this book.
It starts off when Mike Rawson decides to go to WrestleMania with his old buds Lonnie and Pork Chop. They show up in Lonnie's cool ride.
Then Mike finds out that Lonnie doesn't have those free 'rasslin tickets in hand but that he will get them after delivering some Hulkamania 'goods' at the event.
You kinda have to know if Pork Chop is dressed in a kilt with no underwear that things are not going to go smoothly for this group. They end up in the boonies and almost run over an escaped "goat."
The goat is a young woman with carvings all over her body. Who is being hunted by a group that MUST get her back.
This book was just what I wanted. I loved every single second of it.
I'm kinda friendly with one of the authors (Adam Howe) meaning I'll read anything the dude writes because even though he is English..he totally gets the redneck 'rassling loving part of my heart.
The other guy James Newman..I haven't read anything by YET. I will though because he may have just found a new stalker.
Okay, so I loved the heck outta this book.
It starts off when Mike Rawson decides to go to WrestleMania with his old buds Lonnie and Pork Chop. They show up in Lonnie's cool ride.
Then Mike finds out that Lonnie doesn't have those free 'rasslin tickets in hand but that he will get them after delivering some Hulkamania 'goods' at the event.
You kinda have to know if Pork Chop is dressed in a kilt with no underwear that things are not going to go smoothly for this group. They end up in the boonies and almost run over an escaped "goat."
The goat is a young woman with carvings all over her body. Who is being hunted by a group that MUST get her back.
This book was just what I wanted. I loved every single second of it.
I'm kinda friendly with one of the authors (Adam Howe) meaning I'll read anything the dude writes because even though he is English..he totally gets the redneck 'rassling loving part of my heart.
The other guy James Newman..I haven't read anything by YET. I will though because he may have just found a new stalker.
twerkingtobeethoven's review
5.0
Me stumbling upon this book "So I understand we have three metalheads on a roadtrip to Wrestlemania III in 1987...and one of them goes by the name of Pork Chop, correct? Alrighty, I've got to get my dirty hands on this shit, hoping it doesn't turn out to be an utter load of wank."
Well, it didn't turn out to be a turd of a book, not one bit. "Scapegoat" is a firecracker, a horror novel right up my alley. A super-fun and quick read filled with dirt roads, metal, idiocy and disembowelment.
PS: Pork Chop, he's got a face. It's the bass player off Mammoth. Here, check them out: https://youtu.be/h7gK3oeVUV4 Ah, the eighties...damn good times.
PPS: When I was reading Adam Howe's "Black Cat Mojo", I noticed the bloke spelled the word "coloUr" with a "U", and then, if memory serves, I also stumbled upon the word "torch" instead of "flashlight". I was like "Hmmm...funny, that." Until I found out he's actually a Briton. That sort of baffles me for obvious reasons. Having said that, I hope one day he writes a story set in Merry ole England, using plenty of delicious, lovely words such as "bellend", "knobhead", "tosser", "bollocks", etc.
PPPS: I need to check out James Newman's offerings.
Well, it didn't turn out to be a turd of a book, not one bit. "Scapegoat" is a firecracker, a horror novel right up my alley. A super-fun and quick read filled with dirt roads, metal, idiocy and disembowelment.
PS: Pork Chop, he's got a face. It's the bass player off Mammoth. Here, check them out: https://youtu.be/h7gK3oeVUV4 Ah, the eighties...damn good times.
PPS: When I was reading Adam Howe's "Black Cat Mojo", I noticed the bloke spelled the word "coloUr" with a "U", and then, if memory serves, I also stumbled upon the word "torch" instead of "flashlight". I was like "Hmmm...funny, that." Until I found out he's actually a Briton. That sort of baffles me for obvious reasons. Having said that, I hope one day he writes a story set in Merry ole England, using plenty of delicious, lovely words such as "bellend", "knobhead", "tosser", "bollocks", etc.
PPPS: I need to check out James Newman's offerings.
bobmetal's review against another edition
4.0
A wrestling road trip that goes incredibly wrong.
Well, what starts off as a pretty nasty, gory story about a strange religious cult ends up going full cosmic horror insanity. All in the best possible way. I really liked the characters, Lonnie is a likeable dick, Cyndi is full of surprises and Mike is a solidly believable everyman
Gore, religion, wrestling and rock music.
Well, what starts off as a pretty nasty, gory story about a strange religious cult ends up going full cosmic horror insanity. All in the best possible way. I really liked the characters, Lonnie is a likeable dick, Cyndi is full of surprises and Mike is a solidly believable everyman
Gore, religion, wrestling and rock music.
thomaswjoyce's review against another edition
5.0
The idea of taking a disparate group of people and placing them in peril to see how – or if – they’ll make it out is a tried and tested storytelling technique. Indeed, Howe and Newman are open about their influences on this book, including movies Race With The Devil, Prince of Darkness and Red State as well as many others. And it is a technique they employ with great skill here. Childhood friends Mike Rawson, Lonnie Deveroux and Arthur ‘Pork Chop’ Miller take a road-trip to Wrestlemania III in Lonnie’s motorhome. Although they were all friends in high school, some tension still lingers since Mike quit the band all those years ago. He likes to think he has grown up while Lonnie and Pork Chop desperately and embarrassingly try to hold onto their youths. But family life hasn’t been easy for him and he sees this trip as a chance to unwind. Lonnie has the same goal in mind, but a different interpretation of “unwinding”. Unbeknownst to Mike, he has brought along bubbly Cyndi from the bar, all peroxide blonde hair and squeaky voice. To further complicate matters, when he told Mike he had front row seats for the main event, he neglected to mention the shady deal he was involved in to get the tickets, which they would receive on arrival.
This is the sort of premise you may expect from an Adam Howe book, where he adds a great cast of oddball characters, an action-packed story about a chase or a quest, and hilarious dialogue and set-pieces. But the introduction of the sinister and ruthless cult adds yet another layer to the story. The motorhome is soon lost in a rural, wooded area where the only radio transmissions they seem to be able to pick up is mysterious and chilling religious preaching, and they come across a naked and injured young woman, words carved into her skin. They decide to take her with them, fending off the attacks of her captors and making a run for it. But the cult isn’t about to let their scapegoat go so easily. As they see it, there is so much at stake.
What follows is an exhilarating chase and fight between two opposing forces who each believe they are on the side of good. The pursuers will stop at nothing to fulfil their prophecy and protect mankind, while Mike and his friends just want to protect an innocent young woman from her attackers. It is everything you would hope to read from Howe, and he sure knows how to write compelling characters, but the input provided by Newman adds further depth to the characters, as noted by the authors in their story notes at the end of the book. They are both incredibly talented writers, with a penchant for gruesome horror as well as thrilling stories and realistic characters.
If I had to use one word to describe the whole book, it would be ‘unputdownable’. It isn’t the prettiest word, but it best conveys my feeling about the work. It isn’t filled with paragraphs of pretty prose; it isn’t that kind of book. But it is gripping, exciting, at turns both funny and horrific. Action-packed and so much fun. The whole package of the book, from the cover to the story and the extensive authors’ notes, recommended viewing and playlist at the back, and the interior layout of the book, is wonderfully put together. A great deal of love and attention went into every aspect of this novel, and the combination of the co-authors’ styles is tremendous. It’s a match made in hell, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.
This is the sort of premise you may expect from an Adam Howe book, where he adds a great cast of oddball characters, an action-packed story about a chase or a quest, and hilarious dialogue and set-pieces. But the introduction of the sinister and ruthless cult adds yet another layer to the story. The motorhome is soon lost in a rural, wooded area where the only radio transmissions they seem to be able to pick up is mysterious and chilling religious preaching, and they come across a naked and injured young woman, words carved into her skin. They decide to take her with them, fending off the attacks of her captors and making a run for it. But the cult isn’t about to let their scapegoat go so easily. As they see it, there is so much at stake.
What follows is an exhilarating chase and fight between two opposing forces who each believe they are on the side of good. The pursuers will stop at nothing to fulfil their prophecy and protect mankind, while Mike and his friends just want to protect an innocent young woman from her attackers. It is everything you would hope to read from Howe, and he sure knows how to write compelling characters, but the input provided by Newman adds further depth to the characters, as noted by the authors in their story notes at the end of the book. They are both incredibly talented writers, with a penchant for gruesome horror as well as thrilling stories and realistic characters.
If I had to use one word to describe the whole book, it would be ‘unputdownable’. It isn’t the prettiest word, but it best conveys my feeling about the work. It isn’t filled with paragraphs of pretty prose; it isn’t that kind of book. But it is gripping, exciting, at turns both funny and horrific. Action-packed and so much fun. The whole package of the book, from the cover to the story and the extensive authors’ notes, recommended viewing and playlist at the back, and the interior layout of the book, is wonderfully put together. A great deal of love and attention went into every aspect of this novel, and the combination of the co-authors’ styles is tremendous. It’s a match made in hell, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.
robert_bose's review
4.0
Adam Howe and James Newman make a great team and this book is a hell of a lot of dark, dreadful fun.
thomaswjoyce's review
5.0
The idea of taking a disparate group of people and placing them in peril to see how – or if – they’ll make it out is a tried and tested storytelling technique. Indeed, Howe and Newman are open about their influences on this book, including movies Race With The Devil, Prince of Darkness and Red State as well as many others. And it is a technique they employ with great skill here. Childhood friends Mike Rawson, Lonnie Deveroux and Arthur ‘Pork Chop’ Miller take a road-trip to Wrestlemania III in Lonnie’s motorhome. Although they were all friends in high school, some tension still lingers since Mike quit the band all those years ago. He likes to think he has grown up while Lonnie and Pork Chop desperately and embarrassingly try to hold onto their youths. But family life hasn’t been easy for him and he sees this trip as a chance to unwind. Lonnie has the same goal in mind, but a different interpretation of “unwinding”. Unbeknownst to Mike, he has brought along bubbly Cyndi from the bar, all peroxide blonde hair and squeaky voice. To further complicate matters, when he told Mike he had front row seats for the main event, he neglected to mention the shady deal he was involved in to get the tickets, which they would receive on arrival.
This is the sort of premise you may expect from an Adam Howe book, where he adds a great cast of oddball characters, an action-packed story about a chase or a quest, and hilarious dialogue and set-pieces. But the introduction of the sinister and ruthless cult adds yet another layer to the story. The motorhome is soon lost in a rural, wooded area where the only radio transmissions they seem to be able to pick up is mysterious and chilling religious preaching, and they come across a naked and injured young woman, words carved into her skin. They decide to take her with them, fending off the attacks of her captors and making a run for it. But the cult isn’t about to let their scapegoat go so easily. As they see it, there is so much at stake.
What follows is an exhilarating chase and fight between two opposing forces who each believe they are on the side of good. The pursuers will stop at nothing to fulfil their prophecy and protect mankind, while Mike and his friends just want to protect an innocent young woman from her attackers. It is everything you would hope to read from Howe, and he sure knows how to write compelling characters, but the input provided by Newman adds further depth to the characters, as noted by the authors in their story notes at the end of the book. They are both incredibly talented writers, with a penchant for gruesome horror as well as thrilling stories and realistic characters.
If I had to use one word to describe the whole book, it would be ‘unputdownable’. It isn’t the prettiest word, but it best conveys my feeling about the work. It isn’t filled with paragraphs of pretty prose; it isn’t that kind of book. But it is gripping, exciting, at turns both funny and horrific. Action-packed and so much fun. The whole package of the book, from the cover to the story and the extensive authors’ notes, recommended viewing and playlist at the back, and the interior layout of the book, is wonderfully put together. A great deal of love and attention went into every aspect of this novel, and the combination of the co-authors’ styles is tremendous. It’s a match made in hell, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.
This is the sort of premise you may expect from an Adam Howe book, where he adds a great cast of oddball characters, an action-packed story about a chase or a quest, and hilarious dialogue and set-pieces. But the introduction of the sinister and ruthless cult adds yet another layer to the story. The motorhome is soon lost in a rural, wooded area where the only radio transmissions they seem to be able to pick up is mysterious and chilling religious preaching, and they come across a naked and injured young woman, words carved into her skin. They decide to take her with them, fending off the attacks of her captors and making a run for it. But the cult isn’t about to let their scapegoat go so easily. As they see it, there is so much at stake.
What follows is an exhilarating chase and fight between two opposing forces who each believe they are on the side of good. The pursuers will stop at nothing to fulfil their prophecy and protect mankind, while Mike and his friends just want to protect an innocent young woman from her attackers. It is everything you would hope to read from Howe, and he sure knows how to write compelling characters, but the input provided by Newman adds further depth to the characters, as noted by the authors in their story notes at the end of the book. They are both incredibly talented writers, with a penchant for gruesome horror as well as thrilling stories and realistic characters.
If I had to use one word to describe the whole book, it would be ‘unputdownable’. It isn’t the prettiest word, but it best conveys my feeling about the work. It isn’t filled with paragraphs of pretty prose; it isn’t that kind of book. But it is gripping, exciting, at turns both funny and horrific. Action-packed and so much fun. The whole package of the book, from the cover to the story and the extensive authors’ notes, recommended viewing and playlist at the back, and the interior layout of the book, is wonderfully put together. A great deal of love and attention went into every aspect of this novel, and the combination of the co-authors’ styles is tremendous. It’s a match made in hell, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.
charshorrorcorner's review
4.0
Set to a rock n roll soundtrack in the 1980's, SCAPEGOAT should appeal to any fan of 80's horror, and 80's hair/metal bands. If these things are your bag, you should just buy this book now and get to reading!
Lonnie, the barely-dressed Cindy, Mike, and Pork Chop are on a road trip in Lonnie's R.V. heading to Wrestlemania 3. Since the guys were in a band,(Wrathbone), together they've drifted apart. Mike has a wife and child now and couldn't be happier. He's only on this trip for a brief vacation and to see some wrestling. Both Lonnie and the kilt-wearing Pork Chop seem to be the same people they were in high school and Mike realizes he doesn't have much in common with them anymore. Just as he's beginning to regret his decision to come with, something runs in front of their camper and gets hit. What was it? Will our group ever make it to Wrestlemania 3? You'll have to read this book to find out!
I've read the work of both of these authors before, so the quality and depth of this book did not surprise me. What did surprise me was the way this tale played out. Being a horror fan, I've read many, many books about cults, both fiction and non, because if Jim Jones isn't a real life horror story, I don't know what is. I've also read tales about dark religions and hillbillies, and very few of them had the courage to take the route that this story took. (One or two of the true stories did, to be honest, because real life is horrific, isn't it?)
The other thing about this book that makes it special is the characters. I developed true feelings for all of them, though my feelings often changed throughout. Thing is, I knew all these people at some point during high school. At first, Cindy reminded me a bit of myself. (But then that changed.) I loathed Lonnie for quite a while and I thought Pork Chop was the biggest loser ever, and then those feelings changed too. There are no flat characters here-they seemed real to me, they had depth and they were more complicated than I originally thought. I love when that happens!
The only issue I had was that the denouement went a little too quickly for me. I would have liked to have learned a bit more about the cult and the town in which it flourished. Perhaps that would have slowed the story down too much and that's why the authors wrapped it up the way they did? I'm not sure, but this was a damn good story either way.
Adam Howe and James Newman are both authors to watch. Anytime either of them puts out something new, it's automatically added to my "To Be Read" list. But this? A novel with both of them writing together? Just the thought of it put a smile on my face and the fact that the novel is actually fun, fast paced, intriguing, and creative? That's just the icing on the cake.
Highly recommended!
*I received an e-ARC of this book, in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
**During the month of December, 2018 both of these authors are joining in a group read at Horror Aficionados, a Goodreads group I help to moderate. They will be available to answer your questions and comments about SCAPEGOAT. Please come join us here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19618434-december-2018-group-read-2-with-guest-authors-adam-howe-and-james-newm
We'd love to have you!
Lonnie, the barely-dressed Cindy, Mike, and Pork Chop are on a road trip in Lonnie's R.V. heading to Wrestlemania 3. Since the guys were in a band,(Wrathbone), together they've drifted apart. Mike has a wife and child now and couldn't be happier. He's only on this trip for a brief vacation and to see some wrestling. Both Lonnie and the kilt-wearing Pork Chop seem to be the same people they were in high school and Mike realizes he doesn't have much in common with them anymore. Just as he's beginning to regret his decision to come with, something runs in front of their camper and gets hit. What was it? Will our group ever make it to Wrestlemania 3? You'll have to read this book to find out!
I've read the work of both of these authors before, so the quality and depth of this book did not surprise me. What did surprise me was the way this tale played out. Being a horror fan, I've read many, many books about cults, both fiction and non, because if Jim Jones isn't a real life horror story, I don't know what is. I've also read tales about dark religions and hillbillies, and very few of them had the courage to take the route that this story took. (One or two of the true stories did, to be honest, because real life is horrific, isn't it?)
The other thing about this book that makes it special is the characters. I developed true feelings for all of them, though my feelings often changed throughout. Thing is, I knew all these people at some point during high school. At first, Cindy reminded me a bit of myself. (But then that changed.) I loathed Lonnie for quite a while and I thought Pork Chop was the biggest loser ever, and then those feelings changed too. There are no flat characters here-they seemed real to me, they had depth and they were more complicated than I originally thought. I love when that happens!
The only issue I had was that the denouement went a little too quickly for me. I would have liked to have learned a bit more about the cult and the town in which it flourished. Perhaps that would have slowed the story down too much and that's why the authors wrapped it up the way they did? I'm not sure, but this was a damn good story either way.
Adam Howe and James Newman are both authors to watch. Anytime either of them puts out something new, it's automatically added to my "To Be Read" list. But this? A novel with both of them writing together? Just the thought of it put a smile on my face and the fact that the novel is actually fun, fast paced, intriguing, and creative? That's just the icing on the cake.
Highly recommended!
*I received an e-ARC of this book, in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
**During the month of December, 2018 both of these authors are joining in a group read at Horror Aficionados, a Goodreads group I help to moderate. They will be available to answer your questions and comments about SCAPEGOAT. Please come join us here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19618434-december-2018-group-read-2-with-guest-authors-adam-howe-and-james-newm
We'd love to have you!
lauriereadslohf's review against another edition
4.0
If you’re feeling like you need some fun, gory 80’s insanity then do I ever have a book for you!
This is the review quote that won me over:
"As if Joe Lansdale wrote, and John Carpenter directed, the Jonestown massacre. SCAPEGOAT is Howe and Newman's Kool-Aid and you'll want to drink it to the very last drop." (Eryk Pruitt, What We Reckon)
It doesn’t lie.
This book is pure madness from beginning to end. Set in the late 80’s, that fabulous time before cell phones and back when hair-metal reigned supreme, a group of old childhood friends reconnect to head out to Wrestlemania III. Mike is now a family man and because of the wife, the baby and work he hasn’t seen his old buddies Lonnie and Pork Chop in far too long. After spending a few minutes in a smelly RV with them, Mike remembers why! Pork Chop is half in the bag, wearing a Rowdy Roddy Piper kilt with nothing under it (ahhh!) and Lonnie’s drinking, driving and doobie smoking have Mike wondering if he’ll make it home alive but he’s trapped in the passenger seat and quickly embraces the mayhem. Along for the ride is a scantily clad beauty and a trunk load of counterfeit wrestling merch.
Sound like fun? It is! And it is so much more.
Lonnie gets stuck in traffic and freaks out that they’re going to miss Wrestlemania and decides to get off at the next exit - remember these are the days before GPS. Little does he know that he’s just driven straight into a scene from hell and it’s only going to get worse from here . . .
There are religious cults, carved up ladies, buckets of gore and an ending that isn’t afraid to go there! I loved it. This book is an experience. If you enjoy the madcap adventures of Joe Lansdale’s Hap & Leonard series I’m pretty sure you’re going to love Scapegoat too.
The writing is terrific and the dialogue is spot-on and sometimes hilarious. I’m pretty sure I knew some of these people in the 80’s. Hell, I might even know a few of them now. The story moves fast and somehow the writers manage to fully flesh out the characters and create a plot that continually surprised and sickened me in the best way. It made me laugh and it made me cringe and that’s not something that usually happens when I read because I am grumpy, tired and jaded at the end of the day.
It is the darkest kind of fun and if is this is your thing and you haven’t read Scapegoat yet I think you need to fix that!
4 1/2 Stars
This is the review quote that won me over:
"As if Joe Lansdale wrote, and John Carpenter directed, the Jonestown massacre. SCAPEGOAT is Howe and Newman's Kool-Aid and you'll want to drink it to the very last drop." (Eryk Pruitt, What We Reckon)
It doesn’t lie.
This book is pure madness from beginning to end. Set in the late 80’s, that fabulous time before cell phones and back when hair-metal reigned supreme, a group of old childhood friends reconnect to head out to Wrestlemania III. Mike is now a family man and because of the wife, the baby and work he hasn’t seen his old buddies Lonnie and Pork Chop in far too long. After spending a few minutes in a smelly RV with them, Mike remembers why! Pork Chop is half in the bag, wearing a Rowdy Roddy Piper kilt with nothing under it (ahhh!) and Lonnie’s drinking, driving and doobie smoking have Mike wondering if he’ll make it home alive but he’s trapped in the passenger seat and quickly embraces the mayhem. Along for the ride is a scantily clad beauty and a trunk load of counterfeit wrestling merch.
Sound like fun? It is! And it is so much more.
Lonnie gets stuck in traffic and freaks out that they’re going to miss Wrestlemania and decides to get off at the next exit - remember these are the days before GPS. Little does he know that he’s just driven straight into a scene from hell and it’s only going to get worse from here . . .
There are religious cults, carved up ladies, buckets of gore and an ending that isn’t afraid to go there! I loved it. This book is an experience. If you enjoy the madcap adventures of Joe Lansdale’s Hap & Leonard series I’m pretty sure you’re going to love Scapegoat too.
The writing is terrific and the dialogue is spot-on and sometimes hilarious. I’m pretty sure I knew some of these people in the 80’s. Hell, I might even know a few of them now. The story moves fast and somehow the writers manage to fully flesh out the characters and create a plot that continually surprised and sickened me in the best way. It made me laugh and it made me cringe and that’s not something that usually happens when I read because I am grumpy, tired and jaded at the end of the day.
It is the darkest kind of fun and if is this is your thing and you haven’t read Scapegoat yet I think you need to fix that!
4 1/2 Stars