Review: A Reluctant Belief
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2013
Keep in mind for this review: this is the first time I've read anything from Joshua Graham.Imagine being a psychiatrist with a patient that, less than 5 minutes after seeing her, shows something entirely else besides her... "normal" self.Yeah, at first, I thought it was far too quick a beginning to have the supernatural horror happening. Less than 3 pages into it, in fact. Regardless, things get a bit more odd when she e-mails several past colleagues on their thoughts on exorcism. 3 of them decry her on her professionalism, cracking rude jokes about her idea, yet one wants to talk to her in person. Ironically, that one person doesn't even have faith of any sort, yet tells her she should have conviction in what she wants to do, regardless of his lack of belief.Well, while on vacation, tragedy strikes and said psychiatrist has to (extremely reluctantly) skip the rest of the vacation to see what's going on.What happens from there is a crazy climax that delves deep into psychological horror.Quick story, quick time for themes, and a bit too quick of a beginning for my taste, this was nonetheless a pretty fun ride for this horror fan.