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A review by charshorrorcorner
Innocents Lost by Michael McBride
4.0
4.5 stars!
This audiobook was brutal! Seriously, when I say that, you know it's brutal.
Setting that aside for a moment, this book was extremely well written. There were a few times I wished that I could highlight certain passages. I also thought the narrator was good, though I was not fond of the voice he used for the first villain. Other than that I enjoyed his performance.
Back to the brutality, it's not torture porn, (because I mostly avoid that type of thing), but brutal as far as children are concerned. Violence towards children is very hard to read about and, as it turns out, it's even harder to listen to. A few times I was extremely surprised that the scenes turned out the way they did. Seriously, there were some jaw dropping moments.
In spite of the sometimes difficult scenes, the narrative was fantastic. As far as villains go, this book contains the best I've seen in quite some time.
To summarize, this audiobook was very, very good. It's brutal, but well written and fast paced. The author deftly handles a few different viewpoints and the reader is compelled to finish the book and finish it NOW. I think this book would work well in print or as I "read" it, in audio.
Highly recommended to horror readers that can handle this type of violence.
*Michael McBride provided a free copy of the audiobook through Audible in exchange for an honest review. This is it.*
This audiobook was brutal! Seriously, when I say that, you know it's brutal.
Setting that aside for a moment, this book was extremely well written. There were a few times I wished that I could highlight certain passages. I also thought the narrator was good, though I was not fond of the voice he used for the first villain. Other than that I enjoyed his performance.
Back to the brutality, it's not torture porn, (because I mostly avoid that type of thing), but brutal as far as children are concerned. Violence towards children is very hard to read about and, as it turns out, it's even harder to listen to. A few times I was extremely surprised that the scenes turned out the way they did. Seriously, there were some jaw dropping moments.
In spite of the sometimes difficult scenes, the narrative was fantastic. As far as villains go, this book contains the best I've seen in quite some time.
To summarize, this audiobook was very, very good. It's brutal, but well written and fast paced. The author deftly handles a few different viewpoints and the reader is compelled to finish the book and finish it NOW. I think this book would work well in print or as I "read" it, in audio.
Highly recommended to horror readers that can handle this type of violence.
*Michael McBride provided a free copy of the audiobook through Audible in exchange for an honest review. This is it.*