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A review by snowstar280
Fiend by Peter Stenson
3.0
I really wanted to like this book. Like really wanted to. The idea is awesome. Two guys wake up and find a girl eating a dog and realize that everyone is a zombie except for people addicted to meth. How cool is that? Except it didn't get there.
To be honest, it was cool that although there was a massive drug element to the story it didn't feel like it made drugs super awesome. No one liked that they were addicted to drugs and I liked that the characters had flaws. I enjoyed the interactions between all of the characters and how they all tried to not point out the flaws of each other. In that respect it was an interesting parallel to how culture often thinks of people addicted to drugs. They were respectful of each others journeys, even if they didn't agree with it.
The character development was also really good. It was not difficult to remember who each of the characters were or how they changed the story. The plot even moved well enough and kept going but not to the point where it was dragging.
My problem was the language. I like swearing and probably do it more often than I should. I was not offended by the language. What I hated was the fact that it seemed more to hinder the story than help it. It's fine if you want to swear and use crazy metaphors. But at the end of the day, I don't want to have to reread a paragraph 8 times trying to figure out what (if anything) was really just said. Rather than swearing to help a sentence there were 3 more swears than needed and no form of a coherent sentence.
But maybe that is how people addicted to meth speak. I've never been addicted to meth. I've also never been around zombies. Although I am pretty sure that at that point no one cares what you are saying, this was a book that I was trying to read and sometimes I had no idea what was happening, no matter how many times I read it. And that, for me, was a deal breaker.
*This book was given to me by Blogging for Books in exchange for a review
To be honest, it was cool that although there was a massive drug element to the story it didn't feel like it made drugs super awesome. No one liked that they were addicted to drugs and I liked that the characters had flaws. I enjoyed the interactions between all of the characters and how they all tried to not point out the flaws of each other. In that respect it was an interesting parallel to how culture often thinks of people addicted to drugs. They were respectful of each others journeys, even if they didn't agree with it.
The character development was also really good. It was not difficult to remember who each of the characters were or how they changed the story. The plot even moved well enough and kept going but not to the point where it was dragging.
My problem was the language. I like swearing and probably do it more often than I should. I was not offended by the language. What I hated was the fact that it seemed more to hinder the story than help it. It's fine if you want to swear and use crazy metaphors. But at the end of the day, I don't want to have to reread a paragraph 8 times trying to figure out what (if anything) was really just said. Rather than swearing to help a sentence there were 3 more swears than needed and no form of a coherent sentence.
But maybe that is how people addicted to meth speak. I've never been addicted to meth. I've also never been around zombies. Although I am pretty sure that at that point no one cares what you are saying, this was a book that I was trying to read and sometimes I had no idea what was happening, no matter how many times I read it. And that, for me, was a deal breaker.
*This book was given to me by Blogging for Books in exchange for a review