Review: Edgy Style, Dark
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Short enough for a quick read, long enough to fully savor the dark atmosphere, Savage by Gary Fry feels heavy and ominous as a straight-laced academic obsessed with order, discipline and propriety finds himself stranded in a village where the residents are like two-dimensional humans, striving for order and consistency in their plain vanilla lives. As an outsider, Daryl raises suspicion and mistrust until he responds to a young girl by rationally unraveling what she is looking for in life, or so he thinks. Is it possible the stuffy Daryl is too radical and undisciplined for these townsfolk?Trapped amidst a ‘twilight zone’ of conformity, Daryl’s life may be in danger, unless he can escape with help from an unlikely source. Has Daryl been given an extreme mega dose of what he thought was his ideal life? Has his opinion been changed forever? Is the chaotic imperfections of the world around him looking better?Author Gary Fry uses his unique perspective of writing and turns a human flaw into a tale of terror while making a statement on life. By depending on more narration than dialogue, the tension and suspense are ratcheted up several notches as the feeling of seeing everything through a veil or dark mist lends to the eerie world he has created. What can I say, I like his edgy style!