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A review by reads_vicariously
Eidolon Avenue: The Second Feast by Jonathan Winn
5.0
You ever read a book and then wonder why more people aren't reading it? A book so provocative, so engrossing, and with such style that you instantly want to put it in the hands of everyone you know? Well for me Eidelon Avenue: The Second Feast is one of those books (and really all books by Jonathan Winn, who seems to be a criminally underrated author).
To be completely upfront, I was asked by the author to write a blurb for the book. As flattering as that proposition was, I knew I couldn't accept if I didn't think the book was worth reading. Well, you can probably tell by now I found the collection worthy of praise and adoration. The pull quote they went with is "A new level of dread, heartache, and nightmare", but here are some additional thoughts.
The return to Eidolon Avenue is a triumphant one. Five new stories of darkness and disturbing imagery, both shocking and delightful in their depravity. Five decaying rooms of ghosts and guilt. Five dark scenarios of perverse pleasure and hellish consequences. You'll be begging to leave but unwilling to go, caught in the mesmerizing pull that is Eidolon.
Submerged in the lucid dream world the author has created, I was sufficiently disturbed yet compelled to read on with squirming stomach and heavy heart. These stories are DARK. But they are also infused with intriguing themes and broken characters that make you want to keep reading, eyes half-covered as you read through mounting tension towards a gut-wrenching climax.
I absolutely love the author's writing style. It may not be for everyone (it's very poetic yet intentionally disjointed), but for me it really works. It's also extremely vivid, and there were several times I had to momentarily put the book down because certain scenes were so graphic and disgusting (and yes, in this case that is a compliment). Winn delves into the darkest recesses of humanity, spinning tales of terror and grotesque imagery that will linger in your mind long after you close the book.
To be completely upfront, I was asked by the author to write a blurb for the book. As flattering as that proposition was, I knew I couldn't accept if I didn't think the book was worth reading. Well, you can probably tell by now I found the collection worthy of praise and adoration. The pull quote they went with is "A new level of dread, heartache, and nightmare", but here are some additional thoughts.
The return to Eidolon Avenue is a triumphant one. Five new stories of darkness and disturbing imagery, both shocking and delightful in their depravity. Five decaying rooms of ghosts and guilt. Five dark scenarios of perverse pleasure and hellish consequences. You'll be begging to leave but unwilling to go, caught in the mesmerizing pull that is Eidolon.
Submerged in the lucid dream world the author has created, I was sufficiently disturbed yet compelled to read on with squirming stomach and heavy heart. These stories are DARK. But they are also infused with intriguing themes and broken characters that make you want to keep reading, eyes half-covered as you read through mounting tension towards a gut-wrenching climax.
I absolutely love the author's writing style. It may not be for everyone (it's very poetic yet intentionally disjointed), but for me it really works. It's also extremely vivid, and there were several times I had to momentarily put the book down because certain scenes were so graphic and disgusting (and yes, in this case that is a compliment). Winn delves into the darkest recesses of humanity, spinning tales of terror and grotesque imagery that will linger in your mind long after you close the book.