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A review by raincorbyn
Devil's Night by Joe Morey, Curtis M. Lawson
5.0
I had no idea Detroit had so much folklore attached to its troubled history and present, and these horror stories show is that monsters may exist, but they have to sneak into this world through cracks and seams we open. Lawson builds a whole world by only showing us enough - every story is gruesome, original, and relentless, but they add up to this bleak, detached panorama with roars and screams audible. Everyone’s monster story is different, but on Devil’s Night, we’re all together in being screwed.
Narrator Raquel Beattie is talented and has a great voice, but was IMO miscast here. Most of the main characters are poor, haunted tough guys, often doing terrible things just to survive literally or emotionally, while Beattie sounds very poised, smooth, and femme - you know, the audiobook voice. I’d listen to her again in a hurry but here I thought it added a level of distance and thus an additional viewpoint on the characters, when the book’s non-judgmental flatness about these “bad” people was key to its success.
StoryOrigin provided me with a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for this honest review.
Narrator Raquel Beattie is talented and has a great voice, but was IMO miscast here. Most of the main characters are poor, haunted tough guys, often doing terrible things just to survive literally or emotionally, while Beattie sounds very poised, smooth, and femme - you know, the audiobook voice. I’d listen to her again in a hurry but here I thought it added a level of distance and thus an additional viewpoint on the characters, when the book’s non-judgmental flatness about these “bad” people was key to its success.
StoryOrigin provided me with a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for this honest review.