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tobin_elliott 's review for:
My Ex, the Antichrist
by Craig DiLouie
I enjoyed this one, and DiLouie impressed me with how well he slid along that razor's edge between serious horror and the possibility of falling into slapstick ridiculousness. He came damn close a few times to the slapstick, but never quite got over the line, which was good.
It's another end-of-the-world rock 'n' roll story, drawing from the same well as Hendrix's WE SOLD OUR SOULS, Brom's EVIL IN ME, a little bit of Hill's HEART SHAPED BOX, and the grandaddy of them all (in my opinion) George R. R. Martin's often-forgotten ARMAGEDDON RAG (the only book of his I've ever enjoyed).
Anyway, I will say I actually avoided even reading this novel for the longest time because, quite frankly, I hate the title. Yes, it's bang on for the book, but it sucks as a title.
Thankfully, the book is good, and does a great job of actually selling the rock music. DiLouie describes it really well, and I could almost hear the songs. And no, they weren't the crappy attempts that the audiobook snuck in there. That was awful. If you're going to namecheck Saint Joan (Jett) then at least get someone who can snarl with the same attitude.
Overall, though, enjoyable, fun read, with great characters.
It's another end-of-the-world rock 'n' roll story, drawing from the same well as Hendrix's WE SOLD OUR SOULS, Brom's EVIL IN ME, a little bit of Hill's HEART SHAPED BOX, and the grandaddy of them all (in my opinion) George R. R. Martin's often-forgotten ARMAGEDDON RAG (the only book of his I've ever enjoyed).
Anyway, I will say I actually avoided even reading this novel for the longest time because, quite frankly, I hate the title. Yes, it's bang on for the book, but it sucks as a title.
Thankfully, the book is good, and does a great job of actually selling the rock music. DiLouie describes it really well, and I could almost hear the songs. And no, they weren't the crappy attempts that the audiobook snuck in there. That was awful. If you're going to namecheck Saint Joan (Jett) then at least get someone who can snarl with the same attitude.
Overall, though, enjoyable, fun read, with great characters.