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A review by poisonenvy
Black Lightning by John Saul
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
When I first picked this book up, I was worried that it was going to be homophobic/racist/misogynistic, as so many mass market horror novels of the mid-nineties tended to be. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised. In fact, john Saul seemed to go out of his way to show he wasn't homophobic, even if his efforts at it were clumsy at times.
As for the novel itself, it was fine. It was certainly entertaining, and I enjoyed reading it, for the most part. The prose is nothing special, and is, in fact, sometimes clunky, and occasionally throws in the odd $100-word, even when doing so completely disrupts the flow of the text and it has no right, contextually, to be there. The book had a habit of switching perspectives suddenly and, occasionally, confusingly. And there wasn't a single 'twist' in the story that I didn't see coming from a mile away.
But I had fun, and I think that's all that really matters in a book like this.
As for the novel itself, it was fine. It was certainly entertaining, and I enjoyed reading it, for the most part. The prose is nothing special, and is, in fact, sometimes clunky, and occasionally throws in the odd $100-word, even when doing so completely disrupts the flow of the text and it has no right, contextually, to be there. The book had a habit of switching perspectives suddenly and, occasionally, confusingly. And there wasn't a single 'twist' in the story that I didn't see coming from a mile away.
But I had fun, and I think that's all that really matters in a book like this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit
An instance of necrophilia.