Jake’s Wake by John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow
JAKE’S WAKE is a combination slasher rise from the dead horror thriller filled with gore. There are an over abundance of killer scenes told in vividly red detail, but the nightmare to everyone except Jake and Gray is the lack of understanding of why he was resurrected. Fans [...]
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Jake’s Wake by John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow - Review
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam - Review
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam
Nadeem Aslam, a Pakistani novelist who lives in England and has visited Afghanistan extensively, has now made his own bid for the fictional peaks. In “The Wasted Vigil,” he ranges across the country’s ancient and modern history, punctuating his narrative with cross-cultural allusions. Unafraid of political complexity, he is also [...]
Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston - Review
Every Last Drop: A Novel by Charlie Huston
Huston supplies terse dialogue and convincing gore in expertly pitched prose, but the beautifully cinematic nastiness doesn’t quite mask a key difficulty: Pitt’s enemies set their hate aside too easily at his appearance, and their rational behavior is at odds with the emotional intensity (and sheer implausibility) of [...]
