Reviews

GOON - Micah Hayes Illustrated Edition by John Pelan, Edward Lee

skullheadface's review

4.0

I love Edward Lee. I love John Pelan. I love Goon. The wrestler names/monickers in this story were spot on, and kept me grinning through the entire read. What else? Blood/guts/violence/sex? Check.

And a ditch full of putrefactive effluvium.

4/5 Skulls
☠️☠️☠️☠️

bigbookgeek's review

4.0

This shit packs a punch! I have been a fan of Lee for a long time, and have to say, this was one of the most twisted of his stories I've read to date. Right up there with The Bighead and Teratologist! Not at all for the faint of heart or easily grossed out, we have some of the most depraved sex and gore here. Add to that a cool but somewhat predictable storyline, you have Goon. Can you guess whodunit?

gls_merch's review

fast-paced

3.5

This definitely isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. Written by a master of the genre, this is transgressive literature with a capital T. The story delivers shocking violence and sex acts wrapped around a plot about a mysterious masked wrestler named Goon. It managed to reel me in and even made me chuckle at times. I look forward to checking out some of Lee's other works.

acknud's review

3.0

I'm not sure where to even really begin. At first I thought, "This book is do over the top sexually, violently, cliched, etc. that it was a worthless read". Then I stopped and took a breath. This is Edward Lee. He is a pro at this type of book so I was willing to overlook some things. I actually learned some things about a subject (wrestling) that I heretofore had no knowledge of. Granted, I didn't fact check any of this but some of it seemed plausible! The book progresses from a standard serial killer motif to a ridiculous supernatural serial killer motif. Along the way, we have copious amounts of exhaustive, over the top sexual descriptions. Also, we get educated in what Edward Lee actually thinks what people from the south are like. It is a little irksome as I am from the south and no one I know talks anything like he depicts. I am willing to let all that go to try to enjoy a quick paced, lite and satirically amusing read.