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Clickers Never Die by Wile E. Young, Stephen Kozeniewski

pbanditp's review

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5.0

“Doodles spent the rest of his day taking bites out of a human leg and chewing raw manflesh into puree for a demon from beneath the sea which had become his best friend.”
Here there be monsters.
This book has so much going for it, old school creature pulp horror, characters with depth, an intricate storyline with subplots, gore, humor, and they absolutely do honor to the Clickers series.
I found it fascinating how quickly I would go from laughing out loud to shrinking back in shock and horror.
Clickers Never Die is a total maelstrom. It starts of slowly pulling you in, you know the danger is coming but you are coasting along, enjoying yourself but before you realize it, there is no escape. The tension picks up, going faster and faster, you are sucked in, going down to where the clickers await.
This comes off as a lighthearted book but it has some deep emotional scenes about the effects of war and loss. It is well written and able to bounce from emotion to emotion without feeling broken up. You can never tell whether Kozeniewski or Young is writing.
A fun aspect of this book was the name drops. There are a lot of indie authors names used as characters and it was fun to pick up on this.

scottneumann's review

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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