A review by emperorcupcake
Hobgoblin by John Coyne

Ah, there's nothing like re-reading a book from your adolescence for the first time as an adult. All I can tell you is when I was 17, this shit hit. That final reveal smacked me to my core, so much so that I remembered it all these years later. (I first read this book sometime in the 90s.) So even though this book is so much sillier than I remembered, and it was very much written by a man in the early 80s with all that that entails, I can't say it wasn't memorable. Even though it was a different reading experience this time, I'm glad I reread it. It was fun. I mean, I glossed over the "romantic" scenes and the detailed descriptions of young women being SA'd - written by a man in the early 80s, remember - but I enjoyed reading up to the reveals, knowing they were coming. They hold up, in an unhinged Paperbacks from Hell sort of way.

Unrated, but 17 yo me gives it a solid 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault