11-26-2023, 10:47 AM
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig's fascination with heirloom apples blossoms into a full blown horror novel.
Wendig writes well but I don't know if he has put together a really good novel yet. This novel felt a lot like a Stephen King fan fiction which goes so far as to use some of King's linguistic quirks (parenthetical with opposing views) in the story.
Basically there are bad apples and these people are eating them and the apples are changing them. The people who don't or can't eat the apples see the changes and are worried. Eventually the people who change, change too far.
It's a solid book. You have to be in the mood for a lot of talk about the history of the apple in America.
Chuck Wendig's fascination with heirloom apples blossoms into a full blown horror novel.
Wendig writes well but I don't know if he has put together a really good novel yet. This novel felt a lot like a Stephen King fan fiction which goes so far as to use some of King's linguistic quirks (parenthetical with opposing views) in the story.
Basically there are bad apples and these people are eating them and the apples are changing them. The people who don't or can't eat the apples see the changes and are worried. Eventually the people who change, change too far.
It's a solid book. You have to be in the mood for a lot of talk about the history of the apple in America.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm