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A review by final_girl_horror
The Revelation by Bentley Little
5.0
This is book three on the 50 states 50 scares list I am reading. If you missed previous post this was a list put out by the New York Times around Halloween 2020. It is a list of the most scariest book for each state and also includes Washington D.C. There are more than 50 books on the list due to a few trilogies and D.C.
This book is very unique in that the characters to me were generic and could be anyone. This is a story more about a town than people. The story takes place in Randal, AZ. a small logging town located between Prescot and Phoenix. Something evil has come to Randal and it is up to a group of four strangers to fight back the evil and save the town or quite possibly the world.
This book is a total page turner, easy to read, and reader beware it is graphic and brutal. If you can't handle body horror, satanic and religious undertones then this may be a book you want to avoid. Strange things start to happen from page one, a church is vandalized with satanic symbols written in blood. The priest and his family of the church are missing. Local farmers livestock are slaughtered and their blood drained. The farmers bodies are mutilated, and at every scene small little footprints are found. As the incidents get worse and things seem to be reaching a boiling point a strange street preacher shows up to town preaching sermons of fire and brimstone.
There five main characters to the story but you never feel anything for them or become attached to anyone. The first is the sheriff, Jim, again a generic name, no backstory is really given about him we know he is married and that's about it. The next is the Father Andrew of the church who is filling in while they town tries to figure out what happened to the missing priest. We also are told nothing of this guys past except this is his first time leading a congregation. Then you have the couple, Gordon a local Pepsi delivery driver and his girlfriend Marina. Like the others we are told nothing about their past. The last is Brother Elias, a mysterious street preacher who hitchhikes into town. He claims to be sent by god to fight the evil that is coming to take over the town/earth.
Brother Elias is the key to the story because up until his entrance no one knows or understands what is going on in town. Brother Elias forms the group of Jim, Father Andrew, Gordon, and himself to fight the evil. He tells the Jim and Gordon to get their wives/girfriends out of town especially Gordon's girlfriend Marina who is very import to the evil that is coming.
This book was so fun and entertaining to read. It is the first time reading Bentley Little and I look forward to reading more of his books. I highly recommend this book, even though the cast is generic this book is so good and as a stated it is more about a town than the people in the town. The cast could have been anyone.
This book is very unique in that the characters to me were generic and could be anyone. This is a story more about a town than people. The story takes place in Randal, AZ. a small logging town located between Prescot and Phoenix. Something evil has come to Randal and it is up to a group of four strangers to fight back the evil and save the town or quite possibly the world.
This book is a total page turner, easy to read, and reader beware it is graphic and brutal. If you can't handle body horror, satanic and religious undertones then this may be a book you want to avoid. Strange things start to happen from page one, a church is vandalized with satanic symbols written in blood. The priest and his family of the church are missing. Local farmers livestock are slaughtered and their blood drained. The farmers bodies are mutilated, and at every scene small little footprints are found. As the incidents get worse and things seem to be reaching a boiling point a strange street preacher shows up to town preaching sermons of fire and brimstone.
There five main characters to the story but you never feel anything for them or become attached to anyone. The first is the sheriff, Jim, again a generic name, no backstory is really given about him we know he is married and that's about it. The next is the Father Andrew of the church who is filling in while they town tries to figure out what happened to the missing priest. We also are told nothing of this guys past except this is his first time leading a congregation. Then you have the couple, Gordon a local Pepsi delivery driver and his girlfriend Marina. Like the others we are told nothing about their past. The last is Brother Elias, a mysterious street preacher who hitchhikes into town. He claims to be sent by god to fight the evil that is coming to take over the town/earth.
Brother Elias is the key to the story because up until his entrance no one knows or understands what is going on in town. Brother Elias forms the group of Jim, Father Andrew, Gordon, and himself to fight the evil. He tells the Jim and Gordon to get their wives/girfriends out of town especially Gordon's girlfriend Marina who is very import to the evil that is coming.
This book was so fun and entertaining to read. It is the first time reading Bentley Little and I look forward to reading more of his books. I highly recommend this book, even though the cast is generic this book is so good and as a stated it is more about a town than the people in the town. The cast could have been anyone.