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A review by kittykult
Aetherchrist by Kirk Jones
5.0
Aetherchrist reminded me of a combination of my all-time favorite Stephen King story (“The Road Virus Heads North”) and The Music Scene by Anthony F. Schepperd.
Knife salesman Rey travels the country as part of his substance abuse treatment, a dull (ha) and pointless (haha) job now that you can buy anything on the internet these days.
When he stops in a small, backwoods town, he begins to see himself on television - at first doing normal things like walking around and sitting at a bar, and then seeing himself murdering people and ending up dead. Terrified, Rey tries to rationalize and avoid the transmissions, until he learns that some people have strong signals which can cast their thoughts and lives on screen - and some of them are dangerous.
The story is like a rocketship that propels you endlessly forward, taking no prisoners.
The ending, while powerful, was abrupt for me, but it didn’t dull my liking of this book. Definitely picking up some more Kirk Jones.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.
Knife salesman Rey travels the country as part of his substance abuse treatment, a dull (ha) and pointless (haha) job now that you can buy anything on the internet these days.
When he stops in a small, backwoods town, he begins to see himself on television - at first doing normal things like walking around and sitting at a bar, and then seeing himself murdering people and ending up dead. Terrified, Rey tries to rationalize and avoid the transmissions, until he learns that some people have strong signals which can cast their thoughts and lives on screen - and some of them are dangerous.
The story is like a rocketship that propels you endlessly forward, taking no prisoners.
The ending, while powerful, was abrupt for me, but it didn’t dull my liking of this book. Definitely picking up some more Kirk Jones.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.