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A review by lanternsjourney
Grind Your Bones to Dust by Nicholas Day
4.0
Unapologetically savage!
This story is split into four parts and loosely follows two brothers, James and Louis. Each part of the story is very different in the characters that it follows and those character's flaws and points of view, but the main theme of the book is generally nihilistic. It's kind of a western, but with supernatural elements and really scary man-eating donkeys. I know, weird right? Nicholas Day has a knack for making the weird work though. It's absolutely my jam.
My favorite character was Louis and I loved how much he worshipped death. Once he would deliver a person to death (not kill a victim, the language was more spiritual) he would say how they "could never be any deader" further reinforcing his belief that death is the ultimate good and true Heaven. Louis's quirky poetic raven spirit guide was a perfect balance to his dark tone.
Part three slowed down the pace for me a bit because we meet these two cowboys, one an atheist and one a born again Catholic, who get into a serious discussion about religion. The creepy mood is kept throughout their discussion and backstory, however, and once things escalate they dont let up until the shocking end.
Definitely give this one a try if you're in the mood for something dark, quirky, and disturbingly honest.
This story is split into four parts and loosely follows two brothers, James and Louis. Each part of the story is very different in the characters that it follows and those character's flaws and points of view, but the main theme of the book is generally nihilistic. It's kind of a western, but with supernatural elements and really scary man-eating donkeys. I know, weird right? Nicholas Day has a knack for making the weird work though. It's absolutely my jam.
My favorite character was Louis and I loved how much he worshipped death. Once he would deliver a person to death (not kill a victim, the language was more spiritual) he would say how they "could never be any deader" further reinforcing his belief that death is the ultimate good and true Heaven. Louis's quirky poetic raven spirit guide was a perfect balance to his dark tone.
Part three slowed down the pace for me a bit because we meet these two cowboys, one an atheist and one a born again Catholic, who get into a serious discussion about religion. The creepy mood is kept throughout their discussion and backstory, however, and once things escalate they dont let up until the shocking end.
Definitely give this one a try if you're in the mood for something dark, quirky, and disturbingly honest.