A review by thebookdad
The Fear: A Pandemic Horror Novel by Spencer Hamilton

5.0

As a virus sweeps across the world in the beginning stages of a global pandemic, society starts deteriorating rapidly. Ash and Jack are a married couple that find themselves caught up in the disgusting a heinous behaviour of the people around them as darkness descends upon humanity. Now, in a struggle for survival, Ash and Jack desperately need to come together but instead madness takes hold. Now, as they remain locked up in their apartment awaiting their impending doom, the all encompassing fear takes control.

The Fear is a book I'm going to be recommending for a long while. I will admit that I was worried, a book about a pandemic during a pandemic wasn't all that appealing. BUT I was wrong. I need to applaude Spencer Hamilton. The cover is kind of deceiving because it says that this is a pandemic horror story but in truth, it's more so about representation and identity. He crafted a bleak and emotionally driven dystopian novel about a biracial LGBTQ married couple dealing with mental illness while navigating through a global crisis. I found it impossible to put down.

This claustrophobic read left me with a feeling of anxious terror as if the room grew smaller and the walls began closing in on me. Spencer Hamilton executed a stunning tale domestic descent and the hysteria of surviving the collapse society. You can't ignore it, that dreaded chittering, skittering feeling that lives in the deepest recesses of your mind. The Fear is always there waiting to consume its next victim.

The Fear by Spencer Hamilton
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