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A review by michael_benavidez
How To Make A Monster by Felix I.D. Dimaro
5.0
This book was hard to read.
And I say that in the best of ways. It was a true, absolute, grim, gored, hard, nasty, read of pure horror. Hence the late ass review (well also cuz I burned myself out, but that's something else).
As I stated with his novel Bug Spray, Dimaro has this talent for creating such dark and eerie atmospheres. He takes concepts that would perfectly fit within the realms of a Twilight Zone episode, and makes it hard R.
However, that's not to say it's gritty for gritty sake. These stories are true to the read, to the characters, to the environment, to the situation he creates. In the title story (The Loveliest Shade of Red, because these are a collection of shorter stories) he dives you right into the world we're riding in. He gives you an exact taste of what the fuck he's doing and going to continue doing.
The best part is that he does this so seamlessly. The writing is at its best when its taking these weird, psychedelic turns into the macabre. Odd pieces of floating what-the-fuckery, he gives it this absolute tension filled atmosphere that we can grasp.
I know I have a habit of hyping up authors and stories, never seeming to give any bad reviews, but I genuinely believe that Dimaro is a fantastic author, working on creating the absolute best stories for the community, and is an absolute favorite at the moment.
And I say that in the best of ways. It was a true, absolute, grim, gored, hard, nasty, read of pure horror. Hence the late ass review (well also cuz I burned myself out, but that's something else).
As I stated with his novel Bug Spray, Dimaro has this talent for creating such dark and eerie atmospheres. He takes concepts that would perfectly fit within the realms of a Twilight Zone episode, and makes it hard R.
However, that's not to say it's gritty for gritty sake. These stories are true to the read, to the characters, to the environment, to the situation he creates. In the title story (The Loveliest Shade of Red, because these are a collection of shorter stories) he dives you right into the world we're riding in. He gives you an exact taste of what the fuck he's doing and going to continue doing.
The best part is that he does this so seamlessly. The writing is at its best when its taking these weird, psychedelic turns into the macabre. Odd pieces of floating what-the-fuckery, he gives it this absolute tension filled atmosphere that we can grasp.
I know I have a habit of hyping up authors and stories, never seeming to give any bad reviews, but I genuinely believe that Dimaro is a fantastic author, working on creating the absolute best stories for the community, and is an absolute favorite at the moment.