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(I found this old review I did and thought I would repost it here. I'm still laughing) Tt
The Bleeding Season by Greg Gifune (An Observation)
This is the second novel I received from the Delirium Book Club, and I have to say, what a big difference from the first one I received (Hosts), this is one hell of a book. So much so that it puts the two Leisure releases this month to shame making you wonder why Leisure isn’t publishing authors like Gifune (I know why actually, Gifune’s book isn’t an easy sell... its well written and imaginatively plotted! Not like the mainstream stuff that must be flying off the shelves nowadays that calls itself horror and models themselves after John Saul's novels).
This book could be considered a coming of age tale I guess but the characters are pretty well grown up by the time the story takes place. Five grade school kids bond and become good friends through the years despite the traffic accident death of one of them while they were still young, and the suicide of another while in his early 40’s in the present.
The novel begins with the remaining three pals stunned by their friend’s suicide as he didn’t seem to be the type of person who would commit such an act. The same bad dreams and nightmares soon follow to all three and when an audio tape arrives in the mail from their dead friend, suspicions and revelations point to the fact that their dead buddy wasn’t all he seemed to be. It turns out that their dead friend may have left some clues on the tape that he was in fact a killer.
When the three friends begin to follow up on who (or what) their dead buddy really was, they discover some brutal killings he may have been involved with and a link to the occult.
This book is incredibly well written with a sour, sticky, thick , atmosphere that makes your mind feel like melted candy as your eyes scan the pages. There is a feeling of uneasy dread with every page reading like a cold mist on a grey November day...you just can’t get comfortable fighting off the chill.
This book reeks of evil.
And it asks some very basic but important questions: Are we evil because we want to be? And are people seduced by the Devil, or do we simply invite him into us?
Hell and the Devil figure prominently in this novel with scenes of horror interspersed sparingly. Some of the horror scenes are quite graphic and entertaining with the most explicit ones saved for the ending (there is a lot of tension foreplay in this novel leading up to a big bang conclusion).
I do have some issues with the book, but none of them take away from the enjoyment of the novel:
*Kinda Spoiler*
The hooker seemed to be way too intelligent for someone with her past. I’ve heard of drug addled hookers with hearts of gold, but a hooker with the mind of Clive Barker and the orating skills of Hillary Clinton?
And in the last few pages, after the novel seemed to bring everything to a close, I was confused. To say anymore would give away too much so I’ll end my comments here.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes some intellectual weight to their horror reading.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is tired of the same ole stuff.
Be prepared for a slow gratifying read if you pick this one up, but it will be worth it.
tt
edit = I'm laughing at my own writing. I'd never make it as a reviewer! Ha!
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