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inkdrinkerdawn 's review for:
Everything the Darkness Eats
by Eric LaRocca
This book was deliciously dark and left me mindboggled (in a good way!).
It’s a short story that is written beautifully, there are many parts to the book where I loved to re-read to just fully absorb the poetic beauty of it.
The story itself is well written with the two main protagonists being painfully human with all their beauties and flaws. It features a picturesque New England village where there have been a recent string of disappearances and a dark mysterious secret is slowly unraveling. One of the main characters has recently lost his wife and filled with self-hatred he is drawn into the flame of the mystery and finds himself getting a little too close for comfort.
The second protagonist is Malik, who is a gay man who has recently moved to his new home within this village, the village is not accepting of the same-sex marriage and they soon begin to experience severe hate crime. Malik is also a police officer who is dedicating his time to investigating the recent spur of disappearances and keeps coming up empty. Baffled by the lack of evidence and spurred on by the hate crime against his partner, he relies on the darkness within him to try and get revenge on those who harmed him and his husband.
The antagonist of the story is absolute perfection *chefs kiss*. He is an unassuming character whom has plans to unleash his power to the world, but he needs help for this. A mastermind of manipulation he uses this to greedily devour anyone and anything around him, but his purpose is so much greater than you suspect and I’ll leave that little treasure for you to find…
The only real downside to this story is the gang-rape element, I did not feel that it really appreciated how traumatic this event is for people who have been through this awful experience. Some parts that were written within this gang-rape and torture scene was distasteful and could be harmful to victims of this crime. I do not believe that the author had this intention whatsoever, however, I do feel that this part could do with some serious tweaking.
Overall, it’s a solid four stars for such an eerie but beautifully written horror story and with a few tweaks, it could be perfect.
It’s a short story that is written beautifully, there are many parts to the book where I loved to re-read to just fully absorb the poetic beauty of it.
The story itself is well written with the two main protagonists being painfully human with all their beauties and flaws. It features a picturesque New England village where there have been a recent string of disappearances and a dark mysterious secret is slowly unraveling. One of the main characters has recently lost his wife and filled with self-hatred he is drawn into the flame of the mystery and finds himself getting a little too close for comfort.
The second protagonist is Malik, who is a gay man who has recently moved to his new home within this village, the village is not accepting of the same-sex marriage and they soon begin to experience severe hate crime. Malik is also a police officer who is dedicating his time to investigating the recent spur of disappearances and keeps coming up empty. Baffled by the lack of evidence and spurred on by the hate crime against his partner, he relies on the darkness within him to try and get revenge on those who harmed him and his husband.
The antagonist of the story is absolute perfection *chefs kiss*. He is an unassuming character whom has plans to unleash his power to the world, but he needs help for this. A mastermind of manipulation he uses this to greedily devour anyone and anything around him, but his purpose is so much greater than you suspect and I’ll leave that little treasure for you to find…
The only real downside to this story is the gang-rape element, I did not feel that it really appreciated how traumatic this event is for people who have been through this awful experience. Some parts that were written within this gang-rape and torture scene was distasteful and could be harmful to victims of this crime. I do not believe that the author had this intention whatsoever, however, I do feel that this part could do with some serious tweaking.
Overall, it’s a solid four stars for such an eerie but beautifully written horror story and with a few tweaks, it could be perfect.