Review: Impressive Use of POV Switch-Up
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2012
After writingEx-HeroesandEx-Patriots, Peter Clines proved that he can pull off mixing super-heroes and zombies in a post-apocalypse setting, but The Junkie Quatrain proves he can write awesome PA fiction, period. Not only does he know how to create thrilling suspense situations, Clines also has an impressive talent for manipulating POVs, carefully crafting detailed pieces of a four-dimensional puzzle...The Junkies Quatrain will leave readers begging for another fix.One story features a woman who prefers to travel alone & yet she envies the pack mentality of the infected. Her description of the Junkies made me think of cannibals on crack, suffering from a disease like rabies. Another story follows a group of "outsiders," who leave their sancturary on a supply run; they cross paths with something more deadly than the Junkies. (Clines had me guessing until the very end.) A third story centers on a doctor, revealing the source of the Junkie infection & a dark secret at the sanctuary that serves as a home base for the outsiders. The final story is a thought-narrative by a lone survivor who doesn't like to share...but I was surprised that he didn't recognize another survivor from a pre-apocalypse encounter...I think if he had, it would had added more depth to that particular moment in the story.Make sure you read the intro because it provides some fabulous insight into the stories. I will definitely "roll the dice" the next time I revisit this unique collection.