A review by jdcorley
Blackbone by George E. Simpson, Neal R. Burger

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

A promising premise - a demon loose inside an American POW camp in WW2 - and an engaging lead - the lady archaeologist whose scientific ambitions had to be put aside when she accidentally released the demon - run straight into the concrete wall that is the "clean Wehrmacht" myth. Bro this book is set in 1944. Every member of the Wehrmacht swore a personal oath to Hitler starting ten fuckin years before that. Bro this dude tries to give us two "clean LUFTWAFFE" guys, they're the fuckin jokesters of the camp. At this point in the war only jokes the Luftwaffe knew were just wall to wall racial and antisemitic slurs! I was looking forward to seeing a demon chainsaw through these guys like we enjoy watching a slashed go after some unsympathetic teens and bullies. But it doesn't work when you're trying to make the lead fucking Wehrmacht guy separate himself from "the Nazis!"  What the fuck?!