A review by soterpop
Woom by Duncan Ralston

dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was easily the most messed up book I've ever read. It felt very real, the scenarios that were laid out in the novella. Everything I read felt like it has happened or could happen to someone in real life, and that made it 10x creepier. The visceral descriptions that were seemingly sprinkled in every other paragraph were intense, to say the least. It makes you wonder how a persons mind could conjure up some of these ideas, but in another way it makes sense that someone could conjure up these things. 

Our main character, Johnny, on the surface seems like a very relatable guy. He has some trauma and he's looking for ways to get through them and rise above. However, once you break past that surface you quickly find out his ways aren't very relatable, but you still, somehow, hold sympathy for him. That's always such a weird thing to experience in reading. Being able to feel sympathy for someone who is about to commit a heinous act. I suppose that's just our human nature. 

For such a short read, it truly makes you think a lot and dive deep into the inner workings of human beings. I'm not the one to shy away from the macabre, so I enjoyed this book a lot and want to look into more of his works. 
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