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A review by pbanditp
In the Shadows of Men by Robert Jackson Bennett
4.0
The story is told by the unnamed younger brother of Bear Pugh. Bear buys an old run down motel in west Texas off a cousin who had inherited it. Bear invites the younger brother to help gut the place and and refinish it. They end up uncovering a history that should have remained in the past, but old ghosts and visions won’t stay quiet.
“It was not supposed to be like this. Nothing was supposed to be like this. Everything was not supposed to be so goddamned hard.”
This is an ominously compelling book with very good writing. You can feel the depressed vibe of the men as they use hard work to hide the horrors of their past only to end up pulling the horrors of the past from the motel.
Thank you to NetGalley and Subterranean Press for a copy of the ebook in exchange for an honest review.
“It was not supposed to be like this. Nothing was supposed to be like this. Everything was not supposed to be so goddamned hard.”
This is an ominously compelling book with very good writing. You can feel the depressed vibe of the men as they use hard work to hide the horrors of their past only to end up pulling the horrors of the past from the motel.
Thank you to NetGalley and Subterranean Press for a copy of the ebook in exchange for an honest review.