I really enjoyed this book. The mixture of graphic horror, drugs and violence, and obscene sex made for a high octane story. Once I started I couldn’t put it down because I needed to find out where the story was taking us. I will say that it is somewhat predictable but that did not make it an inferior story, you just can probably guess where things are going. Even with that the ride is a crazy one that is well worth it.
This book is definitely graphic and delves into the dirty and evil sides of some people’s sexual desires. There is graphic sex, humiliation, drug use, torture and a whole list of other vices. Listening mainly to horror novels, I didn’t find any of this to be over the top and while not my thing, the whole ponygirl fetish was kinda interesting. The story is definitely perverse and there are plenty of people who will be absolutely disgusted by this and if you laugh at those people then you will want to check this out. Not that I ever read it, but I would take this book over 50 shades any day.
The main character is interesting. He is a complete self-entitled POS, who deserves everything that can come his way. At no point do I relate to him or feel bad for him so while the story spirals to its conclusion I enjoy that he gets his comeuppance. He is really who the story is about and all of the other characters don’t even need to have a name. As this is a horror story there isn’t any real development of his character and is really all about the story itself.
I didn’t really care for how the timeline went back and forth between the past and present for the first half of the book. I think it took away from some of the suspense as you learn how bad things have gotten and potentially will get. The past and present are both disturbing so the split timeline doesn’t really even provide much of a tension relief.
I have listened to Sean narrate other books and he definitely has a unique style and cadence. I felt like he put a lot of energy and emotion into the main character and really liked how he represented him. Given the graphic nature of this story I am impressed how well he was able to narrate this.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.