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A review by saltycorpse
Birdman by Mo Hayder
4.0
If you like: Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, "torture porn" horror, and/or body horror, you'll like this.
It's gratuitous, violent, gnarly, and messed up, so don't read it if you don't want those things. But if you do, this one is a banger. This book knows what it's about, son, and that's necrophilia, mutilation, and murder. I'd definitely say this errs more to the side of horror than mystery/detective novel despite the fact is is framed as a police procedural in many aspects. I wasn't "scared" by this but more disturbed and intrigued. Like that Johnny Bravo clip where he says "I'm sickened, but curious."
It's gratuitous, violent, gnarly, and messed up, so don't read it if you don't want those things. But if you do, this one is a banger. This book knows what it's about, son, and that's necrophilia, mutilation, and murder. I'd definitely say this errs more to the side of horror than mystery/detective novel despite the fact is is framed as a police procedural in many aspects. I wasn't "scared" by this but more disturbed and intrigued. Like that Johnny Bravo clip where he says "I'm sickened, but curious."