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leeglenwright_author's Reviews (55)
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
I'm still processing this one, a day after finishing it.
It's not very often I use a (possibly made up) word like 'unputdownable' to describe a book, but Bob Ford's Burner warrants my breaking out such a description. The chapters are brief, each leading to the next, drawing the reader to the inexorable conclusion. Yes, the subject matter is grim, but so, all too often is real life. Burner concerns itself not with boogeymen, or fictional, mystical beings, but with genuine human evil. The willingness to turn a blind eye until that evil is on our own doorstep is examined herein, as is the truth that all too often, the worst kinds of depravity hide in plain sight.
Unforgettable.
It's not very often I use a (possibly made up) word like 'unputdownable' to describe a book, but Bob Ford's Burner warrants my breaking out such a description. The chapters are brief, each leading to the next, drawing the reader to the inexorable conclusion. Yes, the subject matter is grim, but so, all too often is real life. Burner concerns itself not with boogeymen, or fictional, mystical beings, but with genuine human evil. The willingness to turn a blind eye until that evil is on our own doorstep is examined herein, as is the truth that all too often, the worst kinds of depravity hide in plain sight.
Unforgettable.
medium-paced
Still the authority on nightmarish (not just horror - it goes beyond that), movies, Kim Newman expands upon his original definitive volume with the same enthusiastic insight, wit, and seemingly endless genre knowledge. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the genre.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Short version: Scatter, by Mindy MacFarlane drew me in.
Slightly longer version: With lean prose that at times - to me at least - showed almost Ketchum-like leanings, with nothing there that didn't need to be. Utilising dreamlike, metaphor and sometimes fragmented imagery, MacFarlane's writing evokes an almost hallucinogenic deconstruction of grief and loss. Scatter marks Mindy MacFarlane as someone to watch out for.
Slightly longer version: With lean prose that at times - to me at least - showed almost Ketchum-like leanings, with nothing there that didn't need to be. Utilising dreamlike, metaphor and sometimes fragmented imagery, MacFarlane's writing evokes an almost hallucinogenic deconstruction of grief and loss. Scatter marks Mindy MacFarlane as someone to watch out for.
slow-paced
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
I'm just gonna say it: No one wrote extreme horror like Jack Ketchum. Nastiness, tempered with emotion that punches straight for the gut.