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A review by m_lefaye
Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach
5.0
Bad Man, by Dathan Auerbach, the story of a young man named Ben who, 6 years prior, lost his little brother while shopping at their local grocer. Fast forward to the present, Ben has graduated high school and with his family struggling financially and emotionally, the now twenty-year-old takes a job as a night stocker at the same grocery store where Eric disappeared. Part necessity, part selfish, Ben continues to search for clues while being tormented by someone, or something, that might know what happened to his little brother. As he works, he pursues his growing suspicions of his boss, his coworkers, and even his own friends, all the while struggling with the feeling that perhaps something is happening beneath the surface, something sinister.
*
This was my second Dathan Auerbach book and I COULD NOT put it down. Atmospheric, claustrophobic, and heartbreaking, Auerbach takes a small Floridian town and twists it into a haunting tale on the impact of guilt and grief. As Ben uncovers more of the past, we see that NOTHING is as it seems and Eric's disappearance was anything but random.
*
I will admit, the curves this story through left me hollow and the ending was "Chefs Kiss" soul-crushing. I needed some major literary palette cleansers, which are my favorite kind of endings. Slightly dry and slow to start, this is a tale that will not disappoint.
5/5
*
This was my second Dathan Auerbach book and I COULD NOT put it down. Atmospheric, claustrophobic, and heartbreaking, Auerbach takes a small Floridian town and twists it into a haunting tale on the impact of guilt and grief. As Ben uncovers more of the past, we see that NOTHING is as it seems and Eric's disappearance was anything but random.
*
I will admit, the curves this story through left me hollow and the ending was "Chefs Kiss" soul-crushing. I needed some major literary palette cleansers, which are my favorite kind of endings. Slightly dry and slow to start, this is a tale that will not disappoint.
5/5