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A review by luridtendencies
Rabbit Hunt by Wrath James White
2.0
I saw this book being hyped up around the extreme horror community social media, and I had some Kindle Rewards points so I snatched up a copy. The characters are really enjoyable right off the bat - but we quickly find out that they have evil intentions.
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This book is very much about the animosity between Whites and Blacks, and just how wrong that can go deep in the woods and away from civilization. The author does a really good job of adding in bits of teaching information about derogatory terms that should never be used to describe Black men, and includes references to a book that our main characters are using for guidance. As a white woman reading this, it was uncomfortable at times - but ultimately I appreciate the fact that I learned something from this book as well.
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The concept of this book is really cool, and I did keep reading it and made it to the end - however, there were a lot of editing issues and plot continuity issues. I can deal with a couple of mistakes here and there, but it seemed like past the 40% point the book just started feeling rushed and not edited at all. There were things that just didn't make sense, and characters added that just didn't need to be there.
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Now, if you can look past editing issues/plot issues - the extreme horror parts of this book are pretty raunchy and gory. I wouldn't say vomit inducing, but very shocking. I just personally prefer a more polished edit - as opposed to basing a book solely on how nasty the gore is.
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Horror is always subjective, and just because I didn't think this book was worth the hype - doesn't mean you won't. I'll leave you with a quote from the epigraph of the book - “Like gluttony or drunkenness, hatred seems an agreeable vice when you practice it yourself, but disgusting when observed in others.”
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This book is very much about the animosity between Whites and Blacks, and just how wrong that can go deep in the woods and away from civilization. The author does a really good job of adding in bits of teaching information about derogatory terms that should never be used to describe Black men, and includes references to a book that our main characters are using for guidance. As a white woman reading this, it was uncomfortable at times - but ultimately I appreciate the fact that I learned something from this book as well.
.
The concept of this book is really cool, and I did keep reading it and made it to the end - however, there were a lot of editing issues and plot continuity issues. I can deal with a couple of mistakes here and there, but it seemed like past the 40% point the book just started feeling rushed and not edited at all. There were things that just didn't make sense, and characters added that just didn't need to be there.
.
Now, if you can look past editing issues/plot issues - the extreme horror parts of this book are pretty raunchy and gory. I wouldn't say vomit inducing, but very shocking. I just personally prefer a more polished edit - as opposed to basing a book solely on how nasty the gore is.
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Horror is always subjective, and just because I didn't think this book was worth the hype - doesn't mean you won't. I'll leave you with a quote from the epigraph of the book - “Like gluttony or drunkenness, hatred seems an agreeable vice when you practice it yourself, but disgusting when observed in others.”