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Kin
by Kealan Patrick Burke
No spoiler/No plot points review: Just my feelings:
This book is the closest I have come to watching a scary movie I would *never* watch. If you know me, you know that I read all the horror books I can get my hands on but that scary movies are too much for me and I rarely watch them. It has a lot to do with the connection the reader has with the author vs. the director. Authors can *show* me things but the imagery ends with me. A director shows me everything--I have no choices on what I see or don't see.
**
The beginning of KIN is just brutal. The author has this astonishing skill of bringing the reader right down into it with technicolor descriptive language. I admit, I was terrified to keep going. The story is very, very compelling however and there was no way I was going to chicken out in front of my friends that I was buddy reading this with! I'm Mother Horror for fuck's sake! I had read Kealan Patrick Burke's novella, Blanky and also a collection of short stories called Milestone previously and so I trusted him enough to move forward with relish.
Ultimately this story has way more to do with the aftermath of a sadistic tragedy rather than the tragedy itself.
Sure there is the suspense, the cringe-worthy disgusting moments, the nasty characters, the gore, the danger but the main themes for me went way deeper than the entertainment--I was moved to tears a few times as well.
This novel has minted Burke as a favorite author of mine and I'm excited that there is so much out there of his to read! I have Sour Candy coming to me soon and I recommend the other works I mentioned here as well. If you're a fan of horror, you need this author's books in your collection.
This book is the closest I have come to watching a scary movie I would *never* watch. If you know me, you know that I read all the horror books I can get my hands on but that scary movies are too much for me and I rarely watch them. It has a lot to do with the connection the reader has with the author vs. the director. Authors can *show* me things but the imagery ends with me. A director shows me everything--I have no choices on what I see or don't see.
**
The beginning of KIN is just brutal. The author has this astonishing skill of bringing the reader right down into it with technicolor descriptive language. I admit, I was terrified to keep going. The story is very, very compelling however and there was no way I was going to chicken out in front of my friends that I was buddy reading this with! I'm Mother Horror for fuck's sake! I had read Kealan Patrick Burke's novella, Blanky and also a collection of short stories called Milestone previously and so I trusted him enough to move forward with relish.
Ultimately this story has way more to do with the aftermath of a sadistic tragedy rather than the tragedy itself.
Sure there is the suspense, the cringe-worthy disgusting moments, the nasty characters, the gore, the danger but the main themes for me went way deeper than the entertainment--I was moved to tears a few times as well.
This novel has minted Burke as a favorite author of mine and I'm excited that there is so much out there of his to read! I have Sour Candy coming to me soon and I recommend the other works I mentioned here as well. If you're a fan of horror, you need this author's books in your collection.