Review: A bloodbath that horror fans will love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
"Failure" isn't in my usual genre, I'm usually more of a fantasy guy - but I've got a long shift at work and needed to be kept awake, and Failure certainly accomplished that.Told from a variety of third-person perspectives, the audience gets a look inside the head of each character, including that of the antagonist. Most won't find the characters very relatable, or even likable - but a few people will. This is a cast that's just trying to get by, to ease the pain of existing without a reason to do so. They're the kind of people that we try our best to look right past. Telling the story from the perspectives of such characters is an interesting and unique choice.This work is very dark, very sexual, very gruesome - a very literal bloodbath. If you're looking for subtle or atmospheric horror, this isn't it. "Failure" specializes in being over-the-top, which sets it apart from many other horror works, but occasionally works to its detriment - past a certain level of brutality, it just stops registering and starts to run on a bit. Fortunately this is quite rare, and most of the story is perfectly unsettling.Bottom line: At Amazon's estimate of 58 pages, I wouldn't drop the $48 on the hardcover edition. For a few bucks though, you could do much worse. It won't take long to read, but it may keep you up for a few hours after.With questions or comments, feel free to leave a comment here or to contact me at SeanOnAmazon@gmail.com.