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A review by sjj169
Cataract City: A Novel by Craig Davidson
4.0
[a:Craig Davidson|49903|Craig Davidson|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1300783703p2/49903.jpg] aka [a:Nick Cutter|6984661|Nick Cutter|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1373913431p2/6984661.jpg] makes me wonder why he changed to writing horror after reading this book. It's honestly the best of his books that I've read.
Don't get me wrong though, it's one of those dark, head in the oven books. Two friends named Owen and Duncan are the two main characters in this book, and Davidson makes you care about both these characters.
They share a bond that developed when they both ended up stranded in the woods and have to survive with the help of each other. (Never trust a wrestler)
I thought that bond would carry them through life, but life happens. They grow apart as Owen has a chance at being a star on the basketball court and Duncan tries to make it out of the life sucking Bisk (cookie factory) future.
Then they both end up wanting the same girl.
Ed had some hellion in her, too, a wildness that reminded me of comic book vixens" Red Sonja, the Black Widow. Her long, dark hair fell straight down and when the sun hit it right, it shone like a curved mirror.
It's not a love triangle book so don't get your panties in a wad. It's about as far from it as you can get.
The two boys do come back together later on in the story as Duncan finds two greyhounds in a garbage dumpster.
There is dog racing, bare knuckle fighting and just grimness in this book. The boys end up on the different sides of the law and a test to their friendship.
You can't hate your best friend for taking the opportunities he'd been given. That would be the worst sort of hate, wouldn't it? Because it would mean you hate yourself, too.
You have to understand this: Cataract City is possessive. The city has a steel-trap memory, and it holds a grudge.
Don't get me wrong though, it's one of those dark, head in the oven books. Two friends named Owen and Duncan are the two main characters in this book, and Davidson makes you care about both these characters.
They share a bond that developed when they both ended up stranded in the woods and have to survive with the help of each other. (Never trust a wrestler)
I thought that bond would carry them through life, but life happens. They grow apart as Owen has a chance at being a star on the basketball court and Duncan tries to make it out of the life sucking Bisk (cookie factory) future.
Then they both end up wanting the same girl.
Ed had some hellion in her, too, a wildness that reminded me of comic book vixens" Red Sonja, the Black Widow. Her long, dark hair fell straight down and when the sun hit it right, it shone like a curved mirror.
It's not a love triangle book so don't get your panties in a wad. It's about as far from it as you can get.
The two boys do come back together later on in the story as Duncan finds two greyhounds in a garbage dumpster.
There is dog racing, bare knuckle fighting and just grimness in this book. The boys end up on the different sides of the law and a test to their friendship.
You can't hate your best friend for taking the opportunities he'd been given. That would be the worst sort of hate, wouldn't it? Because it would mean you hate yourself, too.
You have to understand this: Cataract City is possessive. The city has a steel-trap memory, and it holds a grudge.