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A review by grimalkintoes
Woom by Duncan Ralston
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Duncan Ralston's Woom is exceedingly horrific, giving it high praise in the extreme horror/splatterpunk genre. I can't say that I "enjoyed" myself, but the brutality of the narrative drove me to the end, each visceral reaction stronger than the last. This will certainly not be the end of my literary exploration into the extreme.
Horror has so much to offer, so much thoughtkindling to be spilled.
"Back to my original point," he said, "I don't believe in ghosts. But I do think places, like this motel room, I think they hold on to bad things, the way people hold on to memories. Grief. Pain. Disease. Addiction. I think when you enter a place that's absorbed enough bad things, it pukes them out at you. It drenches you in them. So a relatively innocuous room, like this one, will appear evil. Because bad things happened here."
Horror has so much to offer, so much thoughtkindling to be spilled.
"Back to my original point," he said, "I don't believe in ghosts. But I do think places, like this motel room, I think they hold on to bad things, the way people hold on to memories. Grief. Pain. Disease. Addiction. I think when you enter a place that's absorbed enough bad things, it pukes them out at you. It drenches you in them. So a relatively innocuous room, like this one, will appear evil. Because bad things happened here."