Review: Fun Novel With Themes Of Greed And Isolation
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
Now maybe it's just that recently in my mind I had the two works of which this novel reminds me.  One is the original movie, Straw Dogs - as I had recommended it to a friend, and the other is Wicker Man, since I just recently found an old paperback of the novel.  James Raven's "Brutal Revenge" reminds me of both works.  In his book, the twist is that the non-violent people of the island are driven to violence by years of unfair treatment by the government, and the outsiders intent on stealing their found treasure.  Instead of an untamed isolated people who drive socially well-adjusted and moral individuals around the bend, an untamed society comes into a world of good people and drives them to violent extremes.