A review by tvislife
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
dark
4.25
What a horrifying premise for a book. All children in the world drop dead over the course of a couple days, just to “revive” a few days later—craving blood.
While I wouldn’t really call this book “scary”, it is a terrifying premise, knowing the lengths parents will go to in order to save their kids (or what’s left of them). After reading reviews, I see some people didn’t really like the focus on the parents and wanted this story to be a bit more scary and bloodthirsty—but honestly I loved the different parents’ perspectives. Their slow descent into madness, the increasingly horrible things they were willing to justify, the delusions they were convincing themselves were true—that was some good shit! It felt more like a psychological thriller, but I really enjoyed it and recommend to people who think they can handle this premise (so likely not people with kids tbh).
While I wouldn’t really call this book “scary”, it is a terrifying premise, knowing the lengths parents will go to in order to save their kids (or what’s left of them). After reading reviews, I see some people didn’t really like the focus on the parents and wanted this story to be a bit more scary and bloodthirsty—but honestly I loved the different parents’ perspectives. Their slow descent into madness, the increasingly horrible things they were willing to justify, the delusions they were convincing themselves were true—that was some good shit! It felt more like a psychological thriller, but I really enjoyed it and recommend to people who think they can handle this premise (so likely not people with kids tbh).