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A review by motherhorror
Weeping Season by Seán O'Connor
5.0
In my review of Sean O'Connor's debut book, THE MONGREL, I had this to say,
"Something about O'Connor's natural storytelling ability is extremely compelling...the words on the page almost completely melt away and my reading experience feels like watching the events unfold--super addictive and engaging."
That statement applies to WEEPING SEASON in the best possible way. WEEPING SEASON drops the reader off in the middle of an intense scene right on page one. We find two people, an older man, and a young girl, naked and chained to a tree. Their hair has been shaved close to the scalp. They have a number tattooed at the base of their skull and they have no memory of how they came to be in this state--worse, they have no sense of self. Who are they? What happened to them?
From here, O'Connor weaves a story that exploits all our worst fears. He employs a personal favorite trope of mine: Some kind of mysterious, agency is in control of human captives. The only way to escape with your life is to play by their rules and they are watching. Possibly others are watching too. Think THE MAZE RUNNER, HUNGER GAMES, SAW, CUBE and FEAR FACTOR (do you remember that show?? Damn, that was an addicting show)
I don't want to give away any exciting reader discovery, so I'm just going to say that some of what the characters went through I would never be able to survive. I have very definitive, crippling fears and so if someone were to challenge me to face those fears, I don't know if I could. There were scenes in this book that terrified me to my core. The best part of reading this book is that talent I mentioned in the beginning, Sean O'Connor has a knack for writing a narrative that is so smooth and fluid, I forget that I'm reading and not watching. This book plays out like an intense movie. It's everything this reader shows up for.
I'm going to recommend this book to fans of all the books and movies I mentioned earlier as well as intense tales of survival, exploitation of fears, "fight to the finish", binge-worthy reads, non-stop action and a mind-blowing climax/conclusion.
This is a must-have. I had a lot of fun reading this book. Sean O'Connor is one to watch!
"Something about O'Connor's natural storytelling ability is extremely compelling...the words on the page almost completely melt away and my reading experience feels like watching the events unfold--super addictive and engaging."
That statement applies to WEEPING SEASON in the best possible way. WEEPING SEASON drops the reader off in the middle of an intense scene right on page one. We find two people, an older man, and a young girl, naked and chained to a tree. Their hair has been shaved close to the scalp. They have a number tattooed at the base of their skull and they have no memory of how they came to be in this state--worse, they have no sense of self. Who are they? What happened to them?
From here, O'Connor weaves a story that exploits all our worst fears. He employs a personal favorite trope of mine: Some kind of mysterious, agency is in control of human captives. The only way to escape with your life is to play by their rules and they are watching. Possibly others are watching too. Think THE MAZE RUNNER, HUNGER GAMES, SAW, CUBE and FEAR FACTOR (do you remember that show?? Damn, that was an addicting show)
I don't want to give away any exciting reader discovery, so I'm just going to say that some of what the characters went through I would never be able to survive. I have very definitive, crippling fears and so if someone were to challenge me to face those fears, I don't know if I could. There were scenes in this book that terrified me to my core. The best part of reading this book is that talent I mentioned in the beginning, Sean O'Connor has a knack for writing a narrative that is so smooth and fluid, I forget that I'm reading and not watching. This book plays out like an intense movie. It's everything this reader shows up for.
I'm going to recommend this book to fans of all the books and movies I mentioned earlier as well as intense tales of survival, exploitation of fears, "fight to the finish", binge-worthy reads, non-stop action and a mind-blowing climax/conclusion.
This is a must-have. I had a lot of fun reading this book. Sean O'Connor is one to watch!