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A review by aoki_reads
Our Trip Through Hell by D.W. Hitz
4.0
”This was a place for the damned. It was a place no human should be.”
I absolutely love writers that dive deep into depictions of Hell. They’re some of my favorite reads— and I have to say that D.W. Hitz gave me everything I asked for with Our Trip Through Hell.
The book starts with a young woman named Missy who tells her friends out on their boating trip about a piece of land called Cemetery Island. There’s a certain tombstone that leads directly to Hell. But who actually believes that— right?
Missy’s family used to own the land and there was rumored treasure.
But trying to find that treasure leads the group on a terrifying trip.
And the descent begins.
Here, Hell is a wasteland of blood, guts, and gore. From teenage cannibals to monstrous creatures— hellhounds and night crawlers— there is plenty to avoid.
But while trying to backtrack and find their way out, they quickly realize that others have found their way inside and are trying to escape, too.
Twin siblings Kyle and Kate, a hitman named Herb, a successful couple, and even a priest— are stuck underneath the violent red skies, and amongst black trees, leaves, and soil like Missy and her friends. Many of these characters cross paths, assist in helping one another— but many of them turn against each other, too. This Hell taints the minds of everyone within it as they collectively begin to spiral into madness and rage.
While there are multiple, multiple perspectives in this book— they show the different layers of humanity, the differences in personality and perseverance, moral compasses, what they succumb to— and the will to survive. I often found myself getting jumbled up in who was who, and only a few characters really stuck. This seemed to be a collective issue amongst readers, but nonetheless, it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of reading the book.
The world-building was grotesquely gorgeous with its vivid descriptions and depictions. A Hell dipped in red, with floors and walls made of bodies and bone. Forests as black as night with prowling creatures. Bugs with pinchers so large that they can ferociously dig through human flesh— and a city center littered with old buildings, violence, and more blood and gore. I had no problem visualizing this Hell and its atrocity. What a terrifying place to travel through.
And as a reader, you wonder what’s around every corner. You also receive those answers, and they’re brutal. D.W. Hitz leaves no stone unturned.
Through savage storytelling, you recognize the will to survive— and the desperation to escape through the loss of many lives and ghastly circumstances.
Though just a bit long for my typical liking, you won’t be bored with this one. It’s fast-paced, action-packed, and vicious. The horrors never end and the evil continuously intensifies. I highly recommend this one for those who are into this type of storytelling.
Could you survive a trip through Hell?
I absolutely love writers that dive deep into depictions of Hell. They’re some of my favorite reads— and I have to say that D.W. Hitz gave me everything I asked for with Our Trip Through Hell.
The book starts with a young woman named Missy who tells her friends out on their boating trip about a piece of land called Cemetery Island. There’s a certain tombstone that leads directly to Hell. But who actually believes that— right?
Missy’s family used to own the land and there was rumored treasure.
But trying to find that treasure leads the group on a terrifying trip.
And the descent begins.
Here, Hell is a wasteland of blood, guts, and gore. From teenage cannibals to monstrous creatures— hellhounds and night crawlers— there is plenty to avoid.
But while trying to backtrack and find their way out, they quickly realize that others have found their way inside and are trying to escape, too.
Twin siblings Kyle and Kate, a hitman named Herb, a successful couple, and even a priest— are stuck underneath the violent red skies, and amongst black trees, leaves, and soil like Missy and her friends. Many of these characters cross paths, assist in helping one another— but many of them turn against each other, too. This Hell taints the minds of everyone within it as they collectively begin to spiral into madness and rage.
While there are multiple, multiple perspectives in this book— they show the different layers of humanity, the differences in personality and perseverance, moral compasses, what they succumb to— and the will to survive. I often found myself getting jumbled up in who was who, and only a few characters really stuck. This seemed to be a collective issue amongst readers, but nonetheless, it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of reading the book.
The world-building was grotesquely gorgeous with its vivid descriptions and depictions. A Hell dipped in red, with floors and walls made of bodies and bone. Forests as black as night with prowling creatures. Bugs with pinchers so large that they can ferociously dig through human flesh— and a city center littered with old buildings, violence, and more blood and gore. I had no problem visualizing this Hell and its atrocity. What a terrifying place to travel through.
And as a reader, you wonder what’s around every corner. You also receive those answers, and they’re brutal. D.W. Hitz leaves no stone unturned.
Through savage storytelling, you recognize the will to survive— and the desperation to escape through the loss of many lives and ghastly circumstances.
Though just a bit long for my typical liking, you won’t be bored with this one. It’s fast-paced, action-packed, and vicious. The horrors never end and the evil continuously intensifies. I highly recommend this one for those who are into this type of storytelling.
Could you survive a trip through Hell?