zgonzale 's review for:

The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper

5.0

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I wish I could write a review that would really do this equally frightening and entrancing novel it's due diligence, but here we go: The Demonologist is best book I've read this year, and one of the best books I've read in years. No question about it. It's is the perfect marriage between the supernatural and the literary. With his ruthlessly gripping writing, Andrew Pyper takes the reader to the teetering edge of the Abyss... Then pushes you over. The perfectly paced unfolding of the mythology, the backbone of Paradise Lost to anchor his story, the delicate and precise characterization of characters, this book has everything I could possibly wish for in a novel. This book was so thrilling and tantalizing that I wanted this book to last forever... But simultaneously couldn't help myself from devouring it. It's one of those cases where you wish this was only the start of a series, but knowing that continuing the story would only tarnish it. So, so, so good. I can't recommend it enough, especially to anybody who shares my love and fascination with monsters, demons, and ghost stories. A+, Andrew Pyper!