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A review by billymac1962
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
4.0
This is the first Jonathan Maberry novel I've read, and judging from the ratings of his later novels, he gets better as he goes.
That's a really good thing, because Ghost Road Blues was pretty good.
In fact, through most of this novel, I was very jacked about this guy.
I had been looking over my to-read list in the hopes of finding something to satisfy my October horror cravings. Not only did it deliver, but it was also set around Halloween. Perfect!
For most of this novel, Maberry drives forth with a perfect balance of descriptive prose and action/dialogue. This made the story move along at a nice clip. And it genuinely creeped me out in parts. That's a tough accomplishment with a 50 year-old reader who has 'seen it all'.
The only thing that stops me from giving this five stars is a couple of issues I had: Firstly, I found the dialogue between Crow and Iron Mike to be a bit corny. Come to think of it, the corniness also spread to Crow and his girlfriend, Val, towards the end of the book.
Another thing was an editing gaffe.
This isn't a spoiler:
In one chapter, Val leaves her father, and then a couple of chapters later, she leaves her father again...huh?
All very minor quibbles. I'm very much looking forward to reading Maberry again, and the next time will be with the second in this series. It looks like I haven't read the best of him yet, so that's something to be excited about.
That's a really good thing, because Ghost Road Blues was pretty good.
In fact, through most of this novel, I was very jacked about this guy.
I had been looking over my to-read list in the hopes of finding something to satisfy my October horror cravings. Not only did it deliver, but it was also set around Halloween. Perfect!
For most of this novel, Maberry drives forth with a perfect balance of descriptive prose and action/dialogue. This made the story move along at a nice clip. And it genuinely creeped me out in parts. That's a tough accomplishment with a 50 year-old reader who has 'seen it all'.
The only thing that stops me from giving this five stars is a couple of issues I had: Firstly, I found the dialogue between Crow and Iron Mike to be a bit corny. Come to think of it, the corniness also spread to Crow and his girlfriend, Val, towards the end of the book.
Another thing was an editing gaffe.
This isn't a spoiler:
In one chapter, Val leaves her father, and then a couple of chapters later, she leaves her father again...huh?
All very minor quibbles. I'm very much looking forward to reading Maberry again, and the next time will be with the second in this series. It looks like I haven't read the best of him yet, so that's something to be excited about.