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"A brutal and unflinching look at what it means to be "different" and how sometimes, those who are oppressed will rise up and get their justice." 5 Stars Pros: The similarities between the segregation of the South in the 60s is strongly mirrored/All the main characters, plague generation or human, have their flaws but also their strengths and DiLouie does a good job of making them believable. The light parts are truly light while the dark parts are truly, truly dark. Cons: The dialect took some getting used to with the "you might could" and all that but other than that, there were no real cons. It was a great read. Full Review:  Set in the deep South in a small county in Georgia, right from the start, you can tell this book is different. Dog, a boy who more or less has the features of a Dog, is brought into the Principal's office at the "Home" where he lives (a place where others of his kind are kept) and is met with an Agent Shacklet...

"The final installment in what has been an incredible series but this book, sadly, was a bit of a disappointment. It had its entertaining moments and its fair share of twists and turns but once it all came down to the end, it was a little too perfect." 3 Stars Pros:  The same cast of characters except for the addition of Simone and Bradley, two scouts from Viola's convoy/The story did keep me on my toes and there were definitely a few times where I was floored with how things turned out. Cons:  The ending was just a little too rote and perfect, "skipping off into the sunset" for me. I liked it since it wrapped up the series but it all just seemed a little too perfect. Full Review Starting off right where The Ask and the Answer  left off, the reader is thrown right back into the thick of things, literally, with Todd and the Mayor marching into war with the Spackle army that reaches well beyond thousands. The few men that follow the Mayor are promptly evis...

"A suspenseful, visceral read that leaves the reader wondering, long after the book has ended, if what actually happened was the truth or just an extremely well fabricated lie.." 3 Stars Pros: An interesting premise, that the "four horsemen" of the apocalypse have chosen this "unique" family as a means to save the world. Cons: The way the characters spoke, their dialogue was just atrocious, so many "ums" and "yeahs" it just became infuriating. Full Review The book begin with Wen sitting in the front yard of a small cabin that she and her two Fathers (Erin and Andrew) own. She's catching grasshoppers and when a large man named Leonard comes and helps her catch some grasshoppers, they begin a conversation. But it soon turns dark, very, very dark as Leonard explains that she's going to have to go inside now, she's going to have to tell her Fathers that they will have to let Leonard and his friends in and that nothing th...

"Grotesque and gory, Tyson holds nothing back when recounting the many adventures of Alhazred that will become the Necronomicon. By the end of it though, everything is so typical and expected that it's a disappointment overall." 2 Stars Pros: Each page is rife with the atmosphere of  Lovecraftian Mythos. Though it's set in the desert, the reader can't help but feel the chill of the underwater city of R'yleh where Ctthullhu lies dreaming and other nightmarish places. Cons: This book is visceral and gruesome and pulls absolutely no punches. In the first two chapters Alhazred is tortured/disfigured and forced to do terrible things that I'm hesitant to mention in a review to the public; it was that gruesome. Full Review Abdullah, a beloved poet of the king of Yemen is cast out when his love affair with the princess is discovered after she suffers a miscarriage. Tortured and disfigured, kept prisoner and then banished, Abdullah is left to die in the des...