A review by lauriereadslohf
The Cockroach King by Andrew Cull

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

A young mother and her toddler move into a new to them home and it should be a happy, exciting time but before long the gardener digs up some bones (ahhhh!) and then cockroaches start showing up to ick everyone out and things only get worse from there!

This story will make you feel all kinds of ways. The grieving mother and her desperation to do the right thing while fearing she's just dumped all of her mother's legacy into a nightmare? Ugh, so sad. The anger at some of these people for reasons I shall not expose made me want thrown them all into a pit of roaches for all of eternity. It's also really gross. If you, like me, watched that Creepshow cockroach episode as a kid and have been tormented by it ever since, this book is not going to make you feel better about those disgusting hell creatures. The ending, which I will NOT spoil, was perfection. 

There are also two other short stories included here. Definitely worth a read if you want to get icked out!

<i>This is a review of <b>my personal</b> reading experience. Yours may differ. Don't be blaming me!</I>

CW: 

Dog death, a dog's life is put in peril!, grief