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A review by kbecker40
Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
4.0
Malerman has a funky imagination and a gift for twistedness. The premise of this book is fascinating -- a regular woman who periodically suffers through 2 day comas, awakening after existing in an alternate plane. The story encompasses the time of 2 days, through 1 of her comas. It twists and turns between multiple perspectives and flashbacks. Malerman's character development is excellent; however, I continued to ask myself throughout the book which part of his psyche led him to develop the horrifying details of some of the characters. But they all fit the story.
The time period of the book seems to be set around the 1800s, in an imaginary cowboy setting. People are riding in coaches with horses and the main streets are built around saloons and shops with wooden boardwalks. But throughout the story there are several anachronisms -- fish tank, concrete basement, one character calling another as if on a phone. It seems like a "Wonderland" setting with a darker, more violent story.
One of the characters is "Rot". I love a story where an emotion or inanimate object or an attitude is written to be a character. Malerman does that so well and this book is dark, funny, interesting, twisted; a convoluted story with a very satisfying, well written ending.
The time period of the book seems to be set around the 1800s, in an imaginary cowboy setting. People are riding in coaches with horses and the main streets are built around saloons and shops with wooden boardwalks. But throughout the story there are several anachronisms -- fish tank, concrete basement, one character calling another as if on a phone. It seems like a "Wonderland" setting with a darker, more violent story.
One of the characters is "Rot". I love a story where an emotion or inanimate object or an attitude is written to be a character. Malerman does that so well and this book is dark, funny, interesting, twisted; a convoluted story with a very satisfying, well written ending.