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A review by sjgomzi
Bring Her Back by Jeff Strand
5.0
This was my first Jeff Strand book, and it looks like I picked the right one, because I want to read all the Strand books now! There are few writers that can balance extremely dark, tension filled fiction, with comedy, and make it work. Jeff strand makes it look easy here.
This ill fated romance between Frank and Abigail is not for the faint of heart. It is heartbreaking, and filled with ferocious brutality. This is not a spoiler since Strand let’s the cat out of the bag so to speak early on with the statement, “This is not a love story.” And he sure wasn’t kidding.
There were scenes here that will disturb and anger even the most experienced of horror readers. Strand doesn’t hold anything back, and I confess to actually cringing at some scenes, but this isn’t just a gory bloody mess with no substance. Strand paints a vivid picture of Frank’s state of mind, what’s left of it anyway, throughout the narrative, and there is a scene near the end that nearly drove me to tears. This book won’t be for everyone, but what book is? I really enjoyed Strand’s writing style and will definitely be reading a lot more of his books in the near future.
This ill fated romance between Frank and Abigail is not for the faint of heart. It is heartbreaking, and filled with ferocious brutality. This is not a spoiler since Strand let’s the cat out of the bag so to speak early on with the statement, “This is not a love story.” And he sure wasn’t kidding.
There were scenes here that will disturb and anger even the most experienced of horror readers. Strand doesn’t hold anything back, and I confess to actually cringing at some scenes, but this isn’t just a gory bloody mess with no substance. Strand paints a vivid picture of Frank’s state of mind, what’s left of it anyway, throughout the narrative, and there is a scene near the end that nearly drove me to tears. This book won’t be for everyone, but what book is? I really enjoyed Strand’s writing style and will definitely be reading a lot more of his books in the near future.