A review by ruthypoo2
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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

4.0

A fun book to read with an excellent first person narrative that just moves along at a pace continuously ramping up like a tornado gaining speed on its path of destruction. This story full-on owns the quirkiness frequently found in Stephen Graham Jones books like Mongrels. I think this author has a very pure voice through his teen protagonists, and in this case, it’s a boy named Sawyer who’s paying a steep price for a movie theatre prank gone awry.

This book can easily be devoured in one sitting. And most readers will feel compelled to stay with it as the story keeps you off kilter and dying to get further into the story to see where it’s actually going and what Sawyer’s fate will be. I listened to the audiobook and feel the narrator, Gary Tiedemann, was excellent in voicing Sawyer’s inner monologue and interactions with the world around him.
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