Suffer the Children - Craig Dilouie
Suffer the Children is an incredibly powerful book. How far WOULD a parent go for their children? It's a question I, unfortunately, can not answer. I've never had children, and I don't think it's happening any time soon. However the emotion in this book, the fevered desperation of the parents as one by one their children die off gives me a glance in to what it might be like. It's that same desperation that drives the book forward, makes you sit at the edge of your seat praying for a good ending, never knowing if you're going to get it.
This is a devastating book, it hits you where it hurts and comes back for more with each page. I enjoyed the writing style quite a lot, following many characters instead of concentrating on just one, so we get a glance at the different methods people may use to keep their children away from the grave, and what happens to those who don't have any children. The world in which this book is focused on is heavy, deep, and terrifying. All the possibilities are looked into, and that seething desperation it relies on fills you with an imminent dread. Every page gave me something new to think about, something new to feel depressed over. You start the book out hoping for a scary story, and by mid book you're filled with such a heavy sense of dread that you just need to put it down for a while, and you almost don't WANT to turn the page just so you can stay where things aren't as bad as they could be. Whenever you think it's getting better, it's not. It's getting worse, and worse, and worse, and the way it's written lets you feel every ripping emotion the characters are feeling.
Now, I can see where this book may not be for everyone. It goes outside the realm of reality quite a bit, and that can be breaking for a reader coming in looking for some sort of medical pandemic story. However, the author does a fantastic job at making the story believable, without ripping you out of the story itself while doing it. I enjoyed it though, and it will be one to re-visit often.
Suffer the Children earns five out of five stars from me.
Suffer the Children is an incredibly powerful book. How far WOULD a parent go for their children? It's a question I, unfortunately, can not answer. I've never had children, and I don't think it's happening any time soon. However the emotion in this book, the fevered desperation of the parents as one by one their children die off gives me a glance in to what it might be like. It's that same desperation that drives the book forward, makes you sit at the edge of your seat praying for a good ending, never knowing if you're going to get it.
This is a devastating book, it hits you where it hurts and comes back for more with each page. I enjoyed the writing style quite a lot, following many characters instead of concentrating on just one, so we get a glance at the different methods people may use to keep their children away from the grave, and what happens to those who don't have any children. The world in which this book is focused on is heavy, deep, and terrifying. All the possibilities are looked into, and that seething desperation it relies on fills you with an imminent dread. Every page gave me something new to think about, something new to feel depressed over. You start the book out hoping for a scary story, and by mid book you're filled with such a heavy sense of dread that you just need to put it down for a while, and you almost don't WANT to turn the page just so you can stay where things aren't as bad as they could be. Whenever you think it's getting better, it's not. It's getting worse, and worse, and worse, and the way it's written lets you feel every ripping emotion the characters are feeling.
Now, I can see where this book may not be for everyone. It goes outside the realm of reality quite a bit, and that can be breaking for a reader coming in looking for some sort of medical pandemic story. However, the author does a fantastic job at making the story believable, without ripping you out of the story itself while doing it. I enjoyed it though, and it will be one to re-visit often.
Suffer the Children earns five out of five stars from me.
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