Though I have heard plenty of good things about Jones' writing over the years, this is actually my first experience with his writing. This one has gotten a lot of pre-publication hype, and it sounded so interesting and definitely an original take on a spooky story, so I was so excited when my NetGalley wish came true!
It's another book that I have read recently that has a delayed release date, but this is certainly an intriguing, albeit gory, and fast read. It opens in North Dakota, where a Native American man ends up dead outside of a crowded drilling crew bar. The perspective shifts to Lewis, who moved off the reservation and is now a postal worker, living with his white wife and dog. But Lewis suddenly becomes more haunted by an event in his past - which connects to the first dead body and to two more of Lewis' friends still living on the Montana reservation.
It's definitely an original story - and some of the fragmented perspectives share some similar style choices (there are newspaper headlines throughout the whole book). Some of the gory action (there's a pretty high body count -and fair warning, the bodies are not all human - animals suffer here, too) is more implied, and almost glossed over, only to circle back to other moments when it is detailed to the bloody bits... The characters, though the book doesn't really follow a central character, really all come to life. I saw some mixed early reviews for this one, and I can see some not enjoying the writing style choices and the gore, but it all worked well to me. It's not really as scary or creepy as I expected - no goosebumps here - but there are still some real shocks to the storyline and the pages fly by quickly. I am definitely curious to read more from Jones!
It's another book that I have read recently that has a delayed release date, but this is certainly an intriguing, albeit gory, and fast read. It opens in North Dakota, where a Native American man ends up dead outside of a crowded drilling crew bar. The perspective shifts to Lewis, who moved off the reservation and is now a postal worker, living with his white wife and dog. But Lewis suddenly becomes more haunted by an event in his past - which connects to the first dead body and to two more of Lewis' friends still living on the Montana reservation.
It's definitely an original story - and some of the fragmented perspectives share some similar style choices (there are newspaper headlines throughout the whole book). Some of the gory action (there's a pretty high body count -and fair warning, the bodies are not all human - animals suffer here, too) is more implied, and almost glossed over, only to circle back to other moments when it is detailed to the bloody bits... The characters, though the book doesn't really follow a central character, really all come to life. I saw some mixed early reviews for this one, and I can see some not enjoying the writing style choices and the gore, but it all worked well to me. It's not really as scary or creepy as I expected - no goosebumps here - but there are still some real shocks to the storyline and the pages fly by quickly. I am definitely curious to read more from Jones!