Review: "It" happens. "It's" funny.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
I have read almost all of CV Hunt's books. I enjoy them so immensely because they are short novellas packed with interesting characters and anecdotes. I have yet to be disappointed by her. I know I'm in for a shock and I want to be shocked.In OPS, we are faced with a somewhat odd epidemic. Not zombies. Clowns! At random, people wake up and they've changed into clowns. Their livelihood is completely ruined. Spouses pack up and leave. Children disown their parents. They lose their jobs.But unlike typical apocalyptic stories where we are trying to figure out what happened or we are trying to survive, Hunt's characters accept their fate and OPS becomes a slice-of-life story about a bunch of clowns. Yep, it's pretty disturbing.So what is a surplus of clowns supposed to do to make a living? They become public custodians. Yep, they get to clean up other people's...ahem...just as the title suggests. Let's face it. "It's" funny!And Hunt does not hold back. She paints a (brown) picture of a bunch of clowns cleaning up a public toilet. Dirty humor abounds! But the author doesn't stop there with just toilet humor... Clown bars. Drag queens. Toy vomit. Cyclists lit up like Christmas trees. Even Fred Savage. Yep, that Fred Savage.I got completely wrapped up in the "silly" story line and kept reading because I wanted to see where this was going. As I said, Hunt doesn't disappoint. Yeah, OPS is somewhat dark and dirty, but you have to respect a book about a clown epidemic that isn't only disturbing, but says a lot about the way we treat people in general based on who they are or what they do.At some point in our life, we all have to clean up other people's...