A review by litwrite
Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke
3.0
I expected this to be a lot more rote than it turned out to be - the blurb came across to me as very 'Texas Chainsaw-esque' but ultimately it took a very unique twist in that rather than placing us in the beginning or even in the middle of the story - we actually start at the aftermath of the gory destruction of the erstwhile hot young teens and at the pick up of one plucky female survivor. The novel then goes on to follow the story-line of a few disparate characters that are pulled together by the destruction of the cannibalistic family that has destroyed so many lives.
"Kin" is a great name for this novel - clever, far more clever than your typical splatterpunk horror novel. Each narrator here are tied in some way to the atrocities by familial ties, and of course we also talk about the familial ties that bind these monstrous antagonists together. Burke is a good writer who elevates a nasty topic with elegant writing that may err on the side of being a little *too* descriptive and flowery, but what can I say, I enjoy a good run-on sentence if it's poetic enough.
Definitely enjoyed this more than the novella I've read by the same author, [b:Seldom Seen in August|2753653|Seldom Seen in August|Kealan Patrick Burke|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1202248734s/2753653.jpg|2779352]. I'd check out his other works for sure on the strength of this novel.
"Kin" is a great name for this novel - clever, far more clever than your typical splatterpunk horror novel. Each narrator here are tied in some way to the atrocities by familial ties, and of course we also talk about the familial ties that bind these monstrous antagonists together. Burke is a good writer who elevates a nasty topic with elegant writing that may err on the side of being a little *too* descriptive and flowery, but what can I say, I enjoy a good run-on sentence if it's poetic enough.
Definitely enjoyed this more than the novella I've read by the same author, [b:Seldom Seen in August|2753653|Seldom Seen in August|Kealan Patrick Burke|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1202248734s/2753653.jpg|2779352]. I'd check out his other works for sure on the strength of this novel.