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A review by belle_fiction
The Cape by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella
1.0
This was so bad! Gawd, it was AWFUL!
I have read the short story some years ago and I don't remember it being this bad!! Saying that, this isn't written by Joe Hill but based on his short story of the same name, and my God, it shows!
The story is terrible! Basically, a complete douche named Eric goes round killing people and blames it on his mom taking away his cape when he was a kid (a cape which gave him the ability to fly and somehow made him feel invincible). That's it! He kills his ex-girlfriend, his mom (and a plane full of innocent passengers), a random man on his way to work by hooking a wild bear out of the zoo and dropping it on his car and takes delight in watching the bear maul the man to death! Oh, and he also tries to kill his successful brother, Nicky, who went to Harvard. All I got from Eric's character was that he was a lazy bum, a good for nothing who didn't even want to try in life, who was jealous of his doctor brother, clearly had psychological issues and begrudged his mom for taking away his cape when he was a child purely because he fell out of the tree and was critically injured which makes complete and utter sense!!!
I hated it! There was no depth to the characters, no interesting plot lines; it was Eric just thinking of another macabre way of killing those who cared about him. Th only redeeming feature was the artwork, although even that, at times, was a bit too gory for my liking! Hence my one star rating.
Avoid at all costs!
I have read the short story some years ago and I don't remember it being this bad!! Saying that, this isn't written by Joe Hill but based on his short story of the same name, and my God, it shows!
The story is terrible! Basically, a complete douche named Eric goes round killing people and blames it on his mom taking away his cape when he was a kid (a cape which gave him the ability to fly and somehow made him feel invincible). That's it! He kills his ex-girlfriend, his mom (and a plane full of innocent passengers), a random man on his way to work by hooking a wild bear out of the zoo and dropping it on his car and takes delight in watching the bear maul the man to death! Oh, and he also tries to kill his successful brother, Nicky, who went to Harvard. All I got from Eric's character was that he was a lazy bum, a good for nothing who didn't even want to try in life, who was jealous of his doctor brother, clearly had psychological issues and begrudged his mom for taking away his cape when he was a child purely because he fell out of the tree and was critically injured which makes complete and utter sense!!!
I hated it! There was no depth to the characters, no interesting plot lines; it was Eric just thinking of another macabre way of killing those who cared about him. Th only redeeming feature was the artwork, although even that, at times, was a bit too gory for my liking! Hence my one star rating.
Avoid at all costs!