Review: Reads like a steroids-infused abstract painting. Stylistically enjoyable.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2013
One of the more unconventional tales of the DarkFuse novellas I've read so far. More lyrical and poetic in style and substance, which, when I saw the author also writes poetry, makes sense. It opens with an artist painting, followed by scenes of war and warped verisimilitude. What made this interesting was that I had just finished a novel that stylistically was the polar opposite of this story, I was craving some sort of unique voice. This author has a unique voice. I like that.Upon reflection, however, the problem I have with FEVERED HILLS is that there was too little meat in the story department. Instead, my reading experience was like floating in clouds, receiving almost random pieces of story to process. It simply left too much to the reader's imagination. What is The Fever exactly? Why did they want him to throw all his belongings off the cliff? Cannibalism...because?Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this simply because it tried to tell a story in an abstract way (major creative points for the effort), but I'd only recommend to friends who enjoy more esoteric pieces. Sort of like a philosophical Mad Libs novella. It does have some fairly graphic scenes and tries to horrify. I remain hopeful the author's novel coming out this summer (2013) is more controlled, less vague and yet somehow can maintain the intriguing voice displayed herein. 987 Kindle locations.