Review: Sharing shivers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
Another great read from Jason McIntyre. Many thanks to Jason for sending me a free copy.It's all about sharing shivers...When I first saw "Shed" I knew I wanted to read it. Just reading the blurb it reminded me of when I was a teenager and used to hide to read so I didn't have to do chores or babysit my sisters. I'd crawl in under the bathroom sink or in behind my clothes in the closet with a flash light until my sister would rat me out.How can I describe this without comparing his writing to Stephen King with a twist of Clive Barker? It's dark, it's eerie and grabs you--pulling you into this vortex. You tell yourself don't do it, don't look but you can't do it--you have to know what's going on.In Shed, you meet two brothers. Simon and Rupert, who if I had a dime for every time I heard this same song and dance, their father died and their mother marries some loser, who torments her children while she pretty much makes up excuses and turns the other way.Rupert is my hero, 57 stitches in his cheek from Everett. Then there is Simon the older brother who even goes as far as letting Everett know he's not their father.The story is at times disturbing due the obvious factor here, verbal and physical abuse from Everett as well as the brother and their mother living with the death of the father and the husband. Without giving up any spoilers, let me just say there is a lot to this little story.