The Blade Between
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Average rating2.5
A Library Journal Horror Best Seller From Nebula Award winner Sam J. Miller comes a frightening and uncanny ghost story about a rapidly changing city in upstate New York and the mysterious forces that threaten it. Ronan Szepessy promised himself he’d never return to Hudson. The sleepy upstate town was no place for a restless gay photographer. But his father is ill and New York City’s distractions have become too much for him. He hopes that a quick visit will help him recharge. Ronan reconnects with two friends from high school: Dom, his first love, and Dom’s wife, Attalah. The three former misfits mourn what their town has become—overrun by gentrifiers and corporate interests. With friends and neighbors getting evicted en masse and a mayoral election coming up, Ronan and Attalah craft a plan to rattle the newcomers and expose their true motives. But in doing so, they unleash something far more mysterious and uncontainable. Hudson has a rich, proud history and, it turns out, the real-state developers aren’t the only forces threatening its well-being: the spirits undergirding this once-thriving industrial town are enraged. Ronan’s hijinks have overlapped with a bubbling up of hate and violence among friends and neighbors, and everything is spiraling out of control. Ronan must summon the very best of himself to shed his own demons and save the city he once loathed.
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When it comes down to it, there are a lot of important issues discussed in Miller's book. Ronan is a flawed, complex, and (rightfully) bitter MC, which makes him interesting to read. The writing is beautiful and the issues brought up are relevant and pertinent. That said, I was confused for a good bulk of the book and sometimes that leads me to boredom, pushing me very close to “DNF” at around 45%. I pushed through and definitely see the merit in Miller's writing and the content, but due to the way the plot/book was structured, I found myself not as easily engaged as I usually am. Again, interesting issues, important stuff, great MC, just a tad bit muddled at points and it nearly deterred me.
