 Thanks for checking out this book review video Like promised, this is another Josh Mallerman one because I did the bird box one on the last one Which if you didn't see that check it out people should read that book for sure So this one is the second book. I read by him black mad wheel It is 200 Gotta check real quick. I literally just looked before I started doing this video. I already forgot 287 pages. Yes, so it's not crazy. It's not crazy It's within control after this the books that I have of his have increased by at least by about a hundred pages So he's starting to put out more content in these books, which is fine with me because I like it So this one is a little bit of a miss actually. It's more than a little bit of a miss I didn't really like this book to be honest wasn't huge now the writing style is not a problem Josh Mallerman Like I said in the bird box review does a really good job in how he writes He's very good about giving you just enough detail about things giving you the story the characters the dialogue with Without giving leading you too much and allowing you to kind of create some stuff in your mind, which is very powerful The problem for me with this book is the base story I don't personally like the base story and I just don't know how that's gonna play out for other people It may be the same. Maybe some people are gonna read this and be like, I love this story. It is Unique it is definitely unique. So where he did something with characters that had That weren't using their vision in the last one. This one had to do with an auditory problem So black mad wheels basically about a band from Detroit, which Josh Mallerman actually is Was in a band. I forget what the name of him. I haven't heard the music But he either was or is in a band. So he has that experience. So he writes from a Music writing background so he knows about what he's writing about in this book so it's basically about a band from Detroit who they used to be in the military and They know about sound design And they have that military experience so they get contacted by the army and they're kind of like look There's this weird noise that is doing things to people out in the desert. I think it was in Africa somewhere and We need you guys to come and go on this expedition and figure out what what is this noise How do we neutralize it basically and where is it coming from? What's the origin? What's the purpose of this? So it's all about that. So early on I think it starts kind of slow to be honest And so I was a little thrown out of the story for that reason initially But then it picks up a little bit because there's that whole aspect of like once they're Contacted by the army and you're like, okay here. We're starting to get into we're starting to get interesting and then they're they're on their Expedition and they're trying to figure things out. You're just kind of like, okay, okay, where are we going? It's that whole sense of adventure and mystery and I think he does a good job of writing to that It's just the story that was there didn't work for me and when they finally get to what it is I was really I kind of just shrugged and I was just like That's what a like that's what that's what we're down Okay, I don't really you know it just it didn't have impact to me It really didn't it's a little confusing too with what's going on So maybe there's part of that going on where someone needs to reach out to me Maybe Josh Mallerman sees us and he needs to reach out to me and say hey Actually, I think you missed the point and I think you missed what the overall story is because I don't know Maybe that's the maybe that's it, but I didn't receive the story. Well, I really didn't I didn't care for it at all So, yeah, I read it and I was kind of like man, this is such a letdown because bird box was so good It was so good So yeah, but um, yeah, just not a big fan of this one So if the story sounds interesting to you guys, maybe you'll like it check that out But my personal thing is I don't recommend this book Unless you are really into reading Josh Mallerman, which I am So honestly, I'm trying to read kind of all of this stuff now because I really dig what this guy's been doing I dig his writing style and I want to support him So even if I would you know, if I weren't me and I saw this But I was big into Josh Mallerman I would still get this book and read it to support him and just kind of be like I've read all his stuff You know, so I will tell you okay. It was a it was a very good review on bird box It's not so good a review on black man wheel, but I will tell you at the moment when I'm recording this I'm reading his book on Barry Carroll and I am really enjoying that book And I am at this point like a hundred pages away from finishing it So I don't think it's really gonna change much on how much I like that book So that one when I eventually get it done in half time I will do a review for that one as well And then I'm gonna be moving on to maybe not immediately but at some point his book inspection Which just came out when I'm recording this about a month ago month and a half Somewhere between a month and two months ago. Let's just say And I'm excited for that his concepts His story concepts are always really original and interesting And I think that's one of the big things about him right now They write about him a decent amount in rumorg magazine, which I love Check out that video about rumorg if you haven't seen it But they write about him a lot because to me he seems like kind of the new Awesome fresh face of horror writing and Yeah, I'm just digging how unique he is and what he's doing It's very unique and for that reason Even if he puts out more books that I don't connect with and really like that much like black mad wheel I'll still get them and read them. I'm on. I'm on the mallerman train. I'm on the bus I'm on for the ride. Let's go josh Take me there. Let's go. Anyway. Thank you everyone for checking this video out Please hit that subscribe. 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