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A review by pandasbookshelf
Savages by Greg F. Gifune
5.0
Savages | Greg F Gifune
Genre: Horror
Rating: 4.5 stars
Savages is my first read by author, Greg F Gifune and what a book to start with. If his others are as good, I’m afraid for my TBR pile. Savages follows a small group of friends who are stranded on an island following a shipwreck. What starts out as a survival story, quickly dissolves into a nightmarish horror fest that will leave you shaking (literally).
There was so much about how I thought this story was going to pan out and well, I don’t even know why I bothered to guess. It was just the right amount of gory. The characters were not the one dimensional tropes we often see, but complex and layered individuals who you want to see survive (okay well maybe not all of them, but even the ones you hate are well written).
I adore the cover art and while it felt a little cliché to me when I picked it up, now after reading the novel, I can appreciate it so much more. What I thought was going to be a stock standard horror novel, turned out to be something so much more. The author introduces complex themes around human nature and our will to survive and does so without feeling heavy handed or like its being shoved down your throat.
I really enjoyed this quick and easy to read (275 pages) novel and am sure this won’t be my last venue into the mind of Greg F Gifune. I’m eager to see what else he can do!
Thank you to Greg F Gifune and Cemetery Dance Publications.
Genre: Horror
Rating: 4.5 stars
Savages is my first read by author, Greg F Gifune and what a book to start with. If his others are as good, I’m afraid for my TBR pile. Savages follows a small group of friends who are stranded on an island following a shipwreck. What starts out as a survival story, quickly dissolves into a nightmarish horror fest that will leave you shaking (literally).
There was so much about how I thought this story was going to pan out and well, I don’t even know why I bothered to guess. It was just the right amount of gory. The characters were not the one dimensional tropes we often see, but complex and layered individuals who you want to see survive (okay well maybe not all of them, but even the ones you hate are well written).
I adore the cover art and while it felt a little cliché to me when I picked it up, now after reading the novel, I can appreciate it so much more. What I thought was going to be a stock standard horror novel, turned out to be something so much more. The author introduces complex themes around human nature and our will to survive and does so without feeling heavy handed or like its being shoved down your throat.
I really enjoyed this quick and easy to read (275 pages) novel and am sure this won’t be my last venue into the mind of Greg F Gifune. I’m eager to see what else he can do!
Thank you to Greg F Gifune and Cemetery Dance Publications.