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A review by kamalakanta
The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter
5.0
I never have the words to describe my love for each of Quil's Fallocaust books.
It doesn't hinder me from enjoying other books, but its so satisfying to find a series that's this dark and fucked-up, yet feels so right. You know what I mean? (course you do, if you've gotten this far in the series you know EXACTLY what i mean).
The ending was brilliant - a complete parallel to the first book.
And the bit with Reaver and Nero - whoooh!
The best part to me though, was watching the book's toughest characters fall from grace... AH I love that! Don't get me wrong, I love them all (in my own twisted little way), but there's something about watching an 'invincible' character become vulnerable and powerless that really satisfies me.
And Killian... ok, you were my least favourite in this series until I read The Suicide King. I've never been a fan of cry-baby characters but this book changed the way I view him, and I have Reaver to thank for that. Because Killian just wants to be his equal and, actually, rightly deserves it.
This kid's literally been through EVERYTHING: watching his parents slowly die, kidnapped, beaten, raped multiple times, emotionally manipulated (by the ones he loves no less), fighting off irradiated animals (even saving Reaver from one at some point) etc, and yet he's STILL managed to stay relatively sane. I realised this kid deserves my respect and if he cries some more I don't give a fuck anymore because who wouldn't in his shoes?
Besides, with Reaver it's like this constant uphill battle where challenging Reaver's selfish and stubborn macho attitude only lands Killian in even more shit.
But now Reaver's obsession with being top-dog has been severely knocked off-kilter, to which i say HA! Fuck em Killian. Make the bastard suffer!
lol Anyway, FIVE out of FIVE stars. Awesome. Brilliant. Spectacular. Completely and utterly fucked up in all the right (wrong) ways. Thank you Quil.
Now go read it!
It doesn't hinder me from enjoying other books, but its so satisfying to find a series that's this dark and fucked-up, yet feels so right. You know what I mean? (course you do, if you've gotten this far in the series you know EXACTLY what i mean).
The ending was brilliant - a complete parallel to the first book.
And the bit with Reaver and Nero - whoooh!
The best part to me though, was watching the book's toughest characters fall from grace... AH I love that! Don't get me wrong, I love them all (in my own twisted little way), but there's something about watching an 'invincible' character become vulnerable and powerless that really satisfies me.
And Killian... ok, you were my least favourite in this series until I read The Suicide King. I've never been a fan of cry-baby characters but this book changed the way I view him, and I have Reaver to thank for that. Because Killian just wants to be his equal and, actually, rightly deserves it.
This kid's literally been through EVERYTHING: watching his parents slowly die, kidnapped, beaten, raped multiple times, emotionally manipulated (by the ones he loves no less), fighting off irradiated animals (even saving Reaver from one at some point) etc, and yet he's STILL managed to stay relatively sane. I realised this kid deserves my respect and if he cries some more I don't give a fuck anymore because who wouldn't in his shoes?
Besides, with Reaver it's like this constant uphill battle where challenging Reaver's selfish and stubborn macho attitude only lands Killian in even more shit.
But now Reaver's obsession with being top-dog has been severely knocked off-kilter, to which i say HA! Fuck em Killian. Make the bastard suffer!
lol Anyway, FIVE out of FIVE stars. Awesome. Brilliant. Spectacular. Completely and utterly fucked up in all the right (wrong) ways. Thank you Quil.
Now go read it!