Kraig

An excellent horror novel with a thoughtful message about cycles of violence. Stephen Graham Jones creates memorable characters and haunting images in this story that will remain seared into my imagination.

This novel is now on my short list of favorites.

Breaking the World opens with a gunfight and grows increasingly more intense from there. Exploring cult leaders, religious followers, and government intervention, this book entertains and surprises throughout. I hope to see more of the characters left behind in this dramatic, thrilling, and horrifying story.

American Ghost has everything from murder mystery to the supernatural. Great storytelling.

I regret that I listened to the audio version of this book instead of reading it with my own eyes. I think I would have better appreciated the writer's style. I liked the premise, plot and characters. The short sentences and tightly edited phrases throughout did not work for me. I wanted some variety in the pace. The audio performance gave this book a monotoned, robotic feel.

This was a great story with lots of interesting futurist speculations. I had to keep the fact that this was written in 1996 in perspective and appreciated the fact that it was the writer's first novel. I enjoyed the primary character arc and thought it was full of some good surprises. I also enjoyed that the story was narrated by a computer. I would recommend this novel to Sci-Fi fans. I plan to read this writer's follow up book.

I only read the last third of this book. The section on fermentation.