Reviews

The Starving by Jon Dobbin

valdemarcavazos's review against another edition

3.0

I rented his book to keep me occupied between library holds. In that regard it was 100% effective, it got me through my itch for a book to read but that was about it.

It’s not a bad book by any means it’s just painfully by the numbers and unimaginative. The main characters where interchangeable and the surprise was obvious. For me it brought nothing new to the table.
Aside from that it was well written and had a lot of potential.

screamdogreads's review against another edition

4.0

With its tense atmosphere and lightning fast pacing, The Starving is a blood soaked, ice-cold cinematic experience. Filled to the brim with entertaining and gore laden death scenes, this horror-western is the perfect read for any creature feature, or splatter western fan. Even the most disturbed of horror readers will find something to enjoy here.

While short, this novel has a bite. It's unrelenting, from the very first page you are thrown into the madness, and won't be let go until the conclusion. Dobbin's characters are so interesting, so deeply fleshed out, that it was almost a shame to lose them. But, naturally, as with any good Wendigo story, the bodies have to drop. Thankfully, Dobbin succeeded in creating death scenes so satisfying, that parting ways with these characters felt a little more acceptable.