hannahmaybookreviews 's review for:

Blind Rage by Nick Clausen

4.0

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Title: Blind Rage
Author: Nick Clausen
Pages: 398
Rating: 4/5

Synopsis:

A mysterious crack has appeared in the sky and all of a sudden people are now turning into savage killers. The world is being disrupted by death and destruction. Not all are affected however, there is a select few who appear to be immune to this phenomenon. Despite this, they still have to fight to survive in this society that is on the verge of collapse. The whole in the sky continues to grow bigger as more and more people find themselves succumbing to the rage. There seems to be no cure, no safe haven and no explanation, only blind rage.

Review:
I have read plenty of Nick’s books now and I find myself returning back to them because he knows how to hook me in! I have loved every book I have read by this author so far, especially the Dead Meat series, so I was excited when I was given the opportunity to read Blind Rage, the first book of a brand-new series by Nick.

Once again, I was drawn in by the book’s description but I was also promised by Nick a bad ass female in this one and I couldn’t wait to meet her! Once I began reading Blind Rage, I felt this one had a sci-fi feeling to it alongside being a horror, now sci-fi is a genre I struggle with, but I trust Nick and I’m glad I did because I thoroughly enjoyed this read.

The first thing I picked up with this book and loved is how the title meaning instantly became relevant, it didn’t take long for everything to make sense. It also didn’t take very long for the action to begin either, talk about being thrown into a story!

Nick is a very descriptive writer, you can imagine every word, brutality and all, which definitely creates an atmosphere. He then does his usual but clever leaving you hanging after chapters, so you can’t help but read on, making the book difficult to put down. His short snappy chapters also keep the story moving at pace but it also allows you to really feel the growing intensity.

There are quite a few characters to get your head around in this one and you hear from different perspectives, however this is clear and easy to follow. As for the characters, Nick did deliver on the female bad ass, I loved Gina, her strength and protectiveness of her children was to be admired, especially after a past that could have destroyed her as a person. Camilla pulled on my heart strings, I have so much love and respect for her and really was hoping that good things would happen for her. Now as for Thorn, we he just gave me the creeps, he made the read turn even darker which you wouldn’t think would be possible with everything going on. I was actually scared for some characters because of him.

This read had a zombie apocalypse feel to it, which you would think after the Dead Meat series you’d think Nick would want to move away from this, but this was cleverly done as it is the same kind of theme but different on so many levels, Nick really knows what he is doing.
I was kept on my toes with action throughout and I was interesting to see where this would go as I really struggled to see how things could be resolved. This really was gripping and suspenseful, Nick doesn’t hold back and the ending, well that was just wow! Now I can’t wait for the second book!