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A review by rachelcabbit
Afraid by Jack Kilborn
4.0
I've not read anything quite like this before. It is part horror, part action and is so vividly written that it plays like a movie as you read.
The story involves the grisly murders of an entire town committed by mysterious killers seemingly linked to a military operation. They are looking for Warren Streng, the hermit brother of the soon-to-retire sheriff. They kill and torture until they get what they want.
Meanwhile, the narrative flips from towns-person to towns-person, even following the minds of the killers, and no one is too much of a main character to avoid death. It's clever that you start to get attached to the characters and then they die.
I found it fascinating but it took me a while to read as there is only so much gore I can handle!
Really feel it could be a movie though!
The story involves the grisly murders of an entire town committed by mysterious killers seemingly linked to a military operation. They are looking for Warren Streng, the hermit brother of the soon-to-retire sheriff. They kill and torture until they get what they want.
Meanwhile, the narrative flips from towns-person to towns-person, even following the minds of the killers, and no one is too much of a main character to avoid death. It's clever that you start to get attached to the characters and then they die.
I found it fascinating but it took me a while to read as there is only so much gore I can handle!
Really feel it could be a movie though!