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A review by booksbybindu
The Daves Next Door by Will Carver
5.0
Is this a crime book or a philosophical tome? Is Will Carver God? Or a man disillusioned with modern society? Is his writing superb? Or was that a silly question? Is this one of the most thought-provoking books that will challenge your most inner preconceptions? Yes, yes it is. Is it one of the weirdest books I have read this year? Yes, yes it is. Is it one of the best books I have read this year? Again, yes, yes it is!
‘The Daves Next Door’ is one of those books you will remember for a long long time. But then all of Carver’s work is like that. We have had ‘Evil’ narrate a book before and this time we may have God as the narrator/suicide bomber/commuter/normal being getting on with his life.
From the above blurb you can see there are many stories and characters running parallel to each other in this weird and wonderful tale. All of them as important as each other and all tied together by one character sat on a tube carriage trying to determine who they are. They chop and disjoint they story as much as they allow for the story to progress. But isn't it really that those chapters merge and become part of the reader as it's your own inner self asking and answering those questions? Every single one of them hits home and will have a different answer for every reader. And that is where the genius of this book lies. It becomes personal. It jolts and shocks the reader and takes them on a journey of inner discovery. Well for me it did. Check all your preconceptions at the door as this book will make you question everything.
As someone who devours Will’s work I loved all the wee nods to his previous books! It made me feel like that class swot when I spotted them! Take me to the #CarverCoven now as I'm a fully paid member. I'm already desperate to know what is coming next from that deliciously dark and tremendous mind of his.
Let me know if you read this one!
‘The Daves Next Door’ is one of those books you will remember for a long long time. But then all of Carver’s work is like that. We have had ‘Evil’ narrate a book before and this time we may have God as the narrator/suicide bomber/commuter/normal being getting on with his life.
From the above blurb you can see there are many stories and characters running parallel to each other in this weird and wonderful tale. All of them as important as each other and all tied together by one character sat on a tube carriage trying to determine who they are. They chop and disjoint they story as much as they allow for the story to progress. But isn't it really that those chapters merge and become part of the reader as it's your own inner self asking and answering those questions? Every single one of them hits home and will have a different answer for every reader. And that is where the genius of this book lies. It becomes personal. It jolts and shocks the reader and takes them on a journey of inner discovery. Well for me it did. Check all your preconceptions at the door as this book will make you question everything.
As someone who devours Will’s work I loved all the wee nods to his previous books! It made me feel like that class swot when I spotted them! Take me to the #CarverCoven now as I'm a fully paid member. I'm already desperate to know what is coming next from that deliciously dark and tremendous mind of his.
Let me know if you read this one!