Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Book Review: Like Jagged Teeth by Betty Rocksteady

Like Jagged TeethLike Jagged Teeth by Betty Rocksteady

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


"Like Jagged Teeth" is unlike anything I have ever ready before. One one hand it is a stark and terrifying tale of a young woman trapped in an ever changing apartment with a grotesque and violent version of her beloved grandfather. on the other hand, it is a tale of redemption, deliverance from guilt, and the peace that comes from forgiving yourself,

Poppa's apartment is more than just a setting for the book's characters, it is, in its own way, a character in the story. It is a living, breathing thing of horror. The number of doors in the hallway change at random. The nightmares that live behind the doors change as well. The carpets, the walls, the furnishings all take on a hideous life of their own. Poppa's apartment is an abattoir, a slaughterhouse filled with horrific creatures like spiders who dine on gigantic maggots and shadows that seem to have a life of their own.

i read this entire novella in three hours. i was sucked into the story line and willingly held hostage all the way to the end. This is an amazing read.



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Friday, April 14, 2017

Book Review: Spider Bunny by Carlton Mellick III

Spider BunnySpider Bunny by Carlton Mellick III

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


On the surface, Spider Bunny is an amazingly well told horror novel about four friends trapped inside an 80's children's cereal commercial. In the macabre world, you have two choices. One. you eat Bunny Berry's cereal and earn a permanent seat at the kitchen table, trapped forever as a horrid 3D Claymation effigy of your human self. Two, Berry Bunny catches you and you become the cereal in the bowl the kids at the table beg to eat. There is a third choice, kill Berry Bunny, but you don't wait to do that, you really don't.
There's a whole lot more going on in this book than just a great, scary read. It also works as a cautionary tale for using television as an electronic babysitter. It works as a send up of rabid consumerism where all that matters is what you want, not what you have.
What really works for me, what hit me the hardest, is how the story is a metaphor for toxic relationships. The main protagonist, Pete, is so in love with his girlfriend he allows her to use him in so many horrible ways that it breaks him down and the real him is consumed by his partner that there is no trace of his former self.
Spider Bunny provides plenty of proof that Mellick III is still at the top of his game and shows no signs of letting up any time soon.



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