 Yeah, this book. Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another book review. Today We are talking about Samantha Colznick's true crime this book I Okay, let's talk about the hype first off I heard from numerous people that I respect that I listen to that I pay attention to as far as their reviews are concerned Every single one of them have absolutely loved this book I was a little standoffish about it and then I kept forgetting to actually buy the damn thing and then Women of horror month came I was gonna read it for that and then my mother passed away So I had to cut that entire that entire thing off completely So I wasn't even around for a while. I really really wish I had got to this book sooner though Because believe the hype this book is amazing The last time I read something this good in this genre, which I mean, it's it's kind of it's It's really hard to I don't want to say something that everybody else is saying but it's true Colznick is The air to Jack Ketchum's throne. It was like reading a Jack Ketchum book The the violence the character development the trauma everything in this book felt like Ketchum Now that is not to say that She is a ripoff of Jack Ketchum. This is not that this is not someone trying to be someone else This is her doing her own thing, but the feeling the tone Everything about the book feels like that type of experience. There's a there's a blurb from Brian King Keen that says a debut with the power of a nuclear bomb ranks alongside Jack Ketchum's the girl next door and Gonzales is a survivor. I would I'm gonna completely agree with that I don't normally agree with blurbs, but that one is spot-on and on the back of it It even said it even has an ad for Ketchum plumbing, which is cool Real quick note about the publisher grindhouse press has been pumping out and this is number 58 in their series Has been pumping out some good material as of late One thing that I was not really shocked But one thing that I really want to point out here because I am so impressed is Anderson Prunty's editing I've read other work from Prunty and Stuff that he has worked on and the dude is exceptional But when you have an exceptional editor you do kind of wonder You know how much cleanup did it need with with this one I could just the flow of the language and the tone of the story and everything Samantha needs props also That both of them working on this book I feel it just brought it to that that next level of course I didn't read the unedited manuscript, but I just want to give a shout out the main purpose for me saying this is I want to give a shout out to publishers who are doing it right even if it is all on the author But this time I know it's not because Prunty stuff is good, too so all all commentations need to go to the the publisher and the author they have made a Fantastic book and they need to be applauded for it One of the one of the things that stuck out so much about this is the way the book opens The the very first chapter of the book is disturbing as hell and it does not let up throughout the entire book It's a brilliant Brilliant way to open up a book because you set up your reader right then and there as soon as they open up the book You set them up for what they are in for The and I think that's another reason why it's become so popular even with people who do not like that kind of content I am I'm in awe of this Samantha Colznick is a is a screenwriter a director I I'm going to try my best to find every single thing that she has ever worked on and I am Super excited for anything that comes out You know in the near future So Samantha if you watch this consider me a fan. I am blown away by how good this book is Now finally I do want to talk about the content of the book not spoilers or anything like that I do want to tell you what the story is about. This is kind of like natural-born killers Meets well if natural-born killers was written by Jack Ketchum that kind of thing you don't have the The craziness of natural-born killers like the surrealism of that one or the goofiness of that one If Jack Ketchum did like the novelization and he took out all the surreal stuff That's pretty much what you're getting you're following Susie and limb as they go on a killing spree but that's not the whole book either the book takes a left turn it toward the middle that I wasn't expecting and That is where the content really starts to shine is when is when Samantha takes the your your idea of a monster and Breaks it down and tries to make them human tries to make you relate and you don't have to like the characters In fact if you do there might be something wrong with you, but you don't have to like the characters but you Understand where they're coming from and you might even have a little bit a little bit of sympathy for them The ending I Was this is one of those endings man that that that I just kind of sat back and I put the book down I even tweeted out I said some Samantha Colesnick scares me goddamn and that is the absolute truth the What she the the lines she crossed or the I guess the twists and turns of the story I Commend her for that because like I've said this often enough and maybe grind house is doing this with all of their books I haven't read enough of them to find out, but it's so refreshing to find someone who goes for the type of ending That this book has I don't want to spoil that for you, of course but Go out and read this Seriously, if you're a fan of Jack Ketchum, especially have you read true crime by Samantha Colesnick Please let me know down there in the doobly-doo whether or not you liked it whether not you hated it whatever Let me know exactly why you liked it and exactly why you hated it disliked it Whatever, let me know down there so we can have a conversation about the book But until next time I have been a you've been you this has been another book review. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye. Bye