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A review by lauriereadslohf
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke
4.0
I’m keeping this short and to the point (for a change) because I’m pretty sure I was one of the last people in the horror community to read this book but that’s nothing new for me. After hearing that it was brutal for YEARS I went in prepared and parts of it (mostly the beginning) were brutal but not as in your face disgusting as I feared. But I’ve read/seen some dreadful things and liked them so you probably can’t trust me on this statement. There is one scene, however, that I swear I could SMELL and you will know it when you read it and you will wish you had never entered that room but you will be helpless to stop yourself. So there’s your warning!
This is a story that begins after a final girl manages to escape what appears to be a run-in with Pinhead (alas, it wasn’t Pinhead but she’s a mess) and it follows the aftermath with some flashbacks to the awful event that set it all off. It’s also about a town filled with cowards and people who look the other way for their own gain and I suppose out of fear for their own safety. It will likely infuriate you. There’s your second warning!
Kin is very well written and its secrets will make you squirm. It is very character focused, which I always appreciate in any work of fiction, but it’s done so well here that you may start to feel a bit of empathy for one of the “Kin”. That’s your final warning! The rest is on you but I’d recommend reading it if you haven’t already.
This is a story that begins after a final girl manages to escape what appears to be a run-in with Pinhead (alas, it wasn’t Pinhead but she’s a mess) and it follows the aftermath with some flashbacks to the awful event that set it all off. It’s also about a town filled with cowards and people who look the other way for their own gain and I suppose out of fear for their own safety. It will likely infuriate you. There’s your second warning!
Kin is very well written and its secrets will make you squirm. It is very character focused, which I always appreciate in any work of fiction, but it’s done so well here that you may start to feel a bit of empathy for one of the “Kin”. That’s your final warning! The rest is on you but I’d recommend reading it if you haven’t already.