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A review by jennifermreads
Demon Derby by Carrie Harris
2.0
I scoured my TBR backlist to fulfill the Book Riot 2019 Read Harder Challenge for “a book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads.” I loved two other of Carrie Harris’s books: Bad Taste in Boys and Bad Hair Day. So, I picked this up (as of my writing it had 35 GR reviews) as I knew I was entering into a world of silly paranormal that would bring some laughs. But this one was too silly for me, and too absurd to even make me giggle.
I loved the roller derby angle! That part was fun and very interesting. I could have even done the demon hunting bit. But when the bobblehead bit was thrown down, I groaned out loud and went “Oh come on!” From then on, it felt like the story was not completely fleshed out. {Oh, as I write that, bad pun considering first book of hers I read was about zombies!} The ending felt tossed together and incomplete.
I appreciate all the cancer and conquering-the-disease symbolism. I love that she wrote this book because of her own husband’s fight with leukemia. But the overall ridiculousness was way too much of a stretch for me.
I loved the roller derby angle! That part was fun and very interesting. I could have even done the demon hunting bit. But when the bobblehead bit was thrown down, I groaned out loud and went “Oh come on!” From then on, it felt like the story was not completely fleshed out. {Oh, as I write that, bad pun considering first book of hers I read was about zombies!} The ending felt tossed together and incomplete.
Spoiler
What about Darcy? How did she get possessed/turned demon? And what happened to the souls? And was Little Casey’s mom’s soul among those in the vat?I appreciate all the cancer and conquering-the-disease symbolism. I love that she wrote this book because of her own husband’s fight with leukemia. But the overall ridiculousness was way too much of a stretch for me.