5/22/2023 0 Comments Ring shout review![]() ![]() With the rise of the second era of the Ku Klux Klan, the story focuses on a young woman named Maryse Bourdeaux and her friends Sadie and Chef. The story takes place in 1922 Macon, Georgia. Clark’s monsters are horrifying and disgusting, and they do shocking things, but I could not tear my eyes away from the page. ![]() Clark has taken some real life historical events and twisted them into a compelling page-turner of a supernatural monster story, and his writing perfectly captures the nuanced speech of his characters. Ring Shout is emotional and visceral and full of African American history and myth. Djèlí Clark story, and I don’t think I could have chosen a better one to start with. ![]() ![]() Once in a while I discover a novella that is just the right length and is perfectly paced and executed, and Ring Shout is one such discovery. I’m not big on guns, but got to admit-that’s one damn pretty killer. “Winnie” is her Winchester 1895, with a walnut stock, an engraved slate-gray receiver, and a twenty-four-inch barrel. Never one day in Uncle Sam’s army neither-just hunting with her grandpappy in Alabama. Djèlí Clark’s tale of otherworldly horror is one of the best I’ve read, an emotional tour de force of good versus evil, upsetting at times, but ultimately uplifting and full of joy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |