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A review by orizenda
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
An interesting culty, kind of folk horror-y (imo anyway), take on grief. This book wasn’t necessarily what I was expecting, but in saying that, I mean that it surprised me with some of the things it did. and I think the ways the audio version actually played with some of the storytelling too was interesting.
Possibly getting into spoiler territory here? But I thought it was really interesting how a good portion of the story is told by willow to dominic, even though we don’t hear from him at all through the action of the story. I also appreciate how the story was complicated by the families torn apart by grief, and the multiple layers of storytelling that the story goes through to get to us. Like, how much are we supposed to take at face value, what’s been twisted by grief, what’s been warped through the various means of communication to get to us, etc. if that makes any sense at all. anyway. ty for coming to my ted talk
Possibly getting into spoiler territory here? But I thought it was really interesting how a good portion of the story is told by willow to dominic, even though we don’t hear from him at all through the action of the story. I also appreciate how the story was complicated by the families torn apart by grief, and the multiple layers of storytelling that the story goes through to get to us. Like, how much are we supposed to take at face value, what’s been twisted by grief, what’s been warped through the various means of communication to get to us, etc. if that makes any sense at all. anyway. ty for coming to my ted talk
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief