CIRCUS OF HORRORS by Carole Gill
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WARNING: THIS IS A DISTURBING TALE! IT IS FOR FANS OF BIZARRE, ADULT HORROR. THERE IS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, STRONG, LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SCENES
What exactly is wrong with this circus? There are demonic, flesh-eating clowns, murderous midgets, there is a fat lady with some peculiar tastes (to put it mildly) and there is an old man with one hell of a secret. Old Pa keeps a trunk with some very special souvenirs. When a stranger joins up who has second sight (among other talents) the old man’s son gets nervous.
If that isn’t enough, there are a lot of very strange beings not to mention a succubus or two and some beings from hell!
Buckle up it’s one hell of a ride, literally.
MY REVIEW:
If you’ve read any of Ms Gill’s books before, be prepared to be shocked. This tale is one of the darkest, twisted, sick reads I’ve read in a very long time. Her voice in this book is totally different from anything she’s written. It took me awhile to get into the story and characters, but once I did, it just sucked me in further and further. I really don’t want to go into the plot or characters too much, as the enjoyment of this story is the discovery that the reader makes as Gill unfolds the evil lurking everywhere.
Fred Dodger is totally clueless to everything going on around him, he just knows something is off and not right. But he and his father have terrible secrets, some he’s forgotten. At the end of almost every chapter, Gill slips in little clues about what Fred isn’t seeing or acknowledging. Quite ingenious. All of the supporting characters from the clowns, to the midgets and Baby Alice have their own terrible, dark secrets. You can’t help but feel sorry for them. Then along comes Joe and everything changes.
I wasn’t too happy with the cadence of the writing at the beginning, but the characters and plot were so strong, I just had to keep reading. I was thoroughly entertained in the most horrific way and I give this book 5 feathers. If you love true horror, this has to be on your TBR list.
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thank you so much! i was too messed up to see this. sigh. thank you for taking the time to read and review this.
thanks!
I totally understand. Were you looking for links to websites with your book on it for Mikka? I will be sending him a list of links for all the Creativia authors I have interviewed or reviwed their books. Which is a lot. LOL