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chramies's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
A staple of the Weird in fiction is taking a batshit insane idea and making a good story out of it. And this is what Erik Williams has done here. Bigfoot gets addicted to meth? Yes, sure. And add two lots of drug dealers, a corrupt sheriff, an amateur porn-maker, and a shellshocked Marine who's retreated to the woods, and you have an engaging short novel. Unlike others I didn't find it gratuitously violent although with that situation it is going to be bloody. I do wonder if Bigfoot would want to have sex with a human female any more than a human would want to have sex with a monkey, but maybe that's meth for you. Maybe Bigfoot is actually a relict human, a tribe living in the deep forests, and not an ape (any more than we all are).
I wondered if Persephone (significant name that) is going to be a character in other books by this author as she is a bit of a chess-piece at the moment but could be made more of.
All in all, a book whose reviews made me think I wasn't going to enjoy it, but I did.
I wondered if Persephone (significant name that) is going to be a character in other books by this author as she is a bit of a chess-piece at the moment but could be made more of.
All in all, a book whose reviews made me think I wasn't going to enjoy it, but I did.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Drug abuse
cnossek's review
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Police brutality, Mental illness, Gore, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Sexism, Murder, and Drug use
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