A review by intheblackout
Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson

5.0

Why haven't I read every single book [a:Shaun David Hutchinson|3130410|Shaun David Hutchinson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387295428p2/3130410.jpg] has written yet?! I'll get there eventually, I promise.

Howl opens with our main character, Virgil, left bloodied and stumbling for help down the main street of small-town Merritt, after being attacked by a monster.

Having only just moved to Merritt due to the divorce of his parents, Virgil is isolated even more when nobody believes that he was attacked by a monster, not even his family.

Hutchinson does a does a brilliant job capturing the almost suffocating feeling of being a pariah in a small town; from the gossiping to the harassment.

The way the events of the night of the attack and the attack itself is interspersed throughout the novel, like in the moment flashbacks, really amped up the tension and horror aspect of the story.
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My second favourite [a:Shaun David Hutchinson|3130410|Shaun David Hutchinson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387295428p2/3130410.jpg] book (of the ones I've read so far!).