Review: Creepy Fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2011
This is a great story for anyone that loves dark carnival tales. McB is a compassionate carnival owner, who values the members of his freak show. He recognizes them as human beings and his compassion leads him to Twitch, a sad blob with a head and one normal eye and one that is not. His limbs are useless and the pathetic creature slithers around in his cage. McB reads to him every night though and makes sure that his surroundings are clean and that Twitch is well cared for.Unfortunately not everyone is so compassionate and really, I wonder how McB can expose Twitch to the carnival goers that throw things at him, call him names and treat him so badly. Yes, he runs a freak show, but most of those in the show are there of their own choice. Twitch is not. As the story goes on, you learn that Twitch is not defenseless. He has his own means to reward those that show him kindness, or to punish those that offend him. My favorite scene is the ferris wheel. I will not go into details, but I may never ride one again.The downside is, some of the sentence structures seemed awkward. I had to read several lines over again, just to understand the context of the sentence and that was disruptive to the flow of the story. Also, the ending was a bit abrupt and confusing. I don't want to give it away, but I didn't understand the decision McB made at the end. It was confusing and to me, it seemed unnecessary. Twitch's backstory was thrown in at the end and cut up the story even more. I am not a big fan of prologues, but it would have been better to have the backstory come up at the beginning, or close to the beginning, rather than at the near end. I thought for a minute that I had missed something and it didn't really add to the storyline.That being said, Twitch was a fun read and one that I would recommend for any reader. I am giving it four stars because I love the story of McB and Twitch and the horror within is spot on. Especially with the ferris wheel. I just wish the ending hadn't been so abrupt and confusing.