Review of The Devil's Eclipse
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Review of The Devil's Eclipse
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Devil's Eclipse" by Christopher Williams.]
Here are a variety of accounts littered with either bad people who had their fair share of luck or average people who had bad luck. The Devil's Eclipse by Christopher Williams truly lives up to its title. 66 pages is all that it takes for Williams to overcome my fear of dark lone nights under the moon.
Whenever the Devil decides to visit you should be confident he will not come alone, even evil enjoys the company of others. Satan feasts and devours his victims ferociously, whether he is summoned or ensnared in your back closet. However, this is not a book for those who are faint of heart or weak of mind. The first few chapters already divulge into quite a sinister, uncomfortable topic. The writer has quite a talent for making gruesome subject matter too compelling to close the book.
As one of Satan's victims, Ray has been affected by his sinister activities. The single father of his daughter, Ray, is your typical guy. On weekends he watches sports games while during the week he works hard for his daughter. However, what caused him to be targeted by the demonic predator? What purpose does it serve to punish his daughter with the wrath of Satan's minions? You can let your imagination run wild with the gruesome details involved with the merciless downfall of this wholesome family.
The spectacle associated with Satan's work is evident when three boys just trying to survive their neighborhood abound with racists have to 'teach a lesson' to one of them in particular, Mr. Winslow. Such an awful man that Mr. Winslow, with his foul mouth no one is opposed to him getting his fair share of karma pie. Mr. Winslow's hatred for black people rings such irony since his livelihood depends on them. He owns a corner store in their neighborhood so who is he to throw racial slurs and threaten violence to the same people who indirectly paid for that awfully insensitive statue of Andrew Jackson on his front lawn. A man who chose the 7th president of the United States, better known for priding himself as a slave owner and an orchestrator of the Trail of Tears, is a man way overdue for retribution.
From a contextual perspective, this is an interesting read, but the writing style reminds me of a diary entry by a 12-year-old girl. It is somewhat choppy and the beginning of various chapters don't start on a new page as is usual for books, but they start a few lines beneath the previous chapter, which feels rushed and unprofessional to me.
I do not particularly like this book; however, it may be an ideal book for fans of fan-fiction and slight erotica. Williams' writing is brash and forward, so it can be categorized as young adult fanfic, but the sexual content is exactly what erotica novel readers will enjoy most about this novel. A word of warning, the n slur with the hard r is used multiple times in this book, albeit by a character in the book, I feel compelled to share a trigger warning.
I rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. The Devil's Eclipse is definitely not a terrible read but it lacks the mentally-engaging aspect that is to be expected in the genre Sci-fi Fantasy.
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The Devil's Eclipse
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Here are a variety of accounts littered with either bad people who had their fair share of luck or average people who had bad luck. The Devil's Eclipse by Christopher Williams truly lives up to its title. 66 pages is all that it takes for Williams to overcome my fear of dark lone nights under the moon.
Whenever the Devil decides to visit you should be confident he will not come alone, even evil enjoys the company of others. Satan feasts and devours his victims ferociously, whether he is summoned or ensnared in your back closet. However, this is not a book for those who are faint of heart or weak of mind. The first few chapters already divulge into quite a sinister, uncomfortable topic. The writer has quite a talent for making gruesome subject matter too compelling to close the book.
As one of Satan's victims, Ray has been affected by his sinister activities. The single father of his daughter, Ray, is your typical guy. On weekends he watches sports games while during the week he works hard for his daughter. However, what caused him to be targeted by the demonic predator? What purpose does it serve to punish his daughter with the wrath of Satan's minions? You can let your imagination run wild with the gruesome details involved with the merciless downfall of this wholesome family.
The spectacle associated with Satan's work is evident when three boys just trying to survive their neighborhood abound with racists have to 'teach a lesson' to one of them in particular, Mr. Winslow. Such an awful man that Mr. Winslow, with his foul mouth no one is opposed to him getting his fair share of karma pie. Mr. Winslow's hatred for black people rings such irony since his livelihood depends on them. He owns a corner store in their neighborhood so who is he to throw racial slurs and threaten violence to the same people who indirectly paid for that awfully insensitive statue of Andrew Jackson on his front lawn. A man who chose the 7th president of the United States, better known for priding himself as a slave owner and an orchestrator of the Trail of Tears, is a man way overdue for retribution.
From a contextual perspective, this is an interesting read, but the writing style reminds me of a diary entry by a 12-year-old girl. It is somewhat choppy and the beginning of various chapters don't start on a new page as is usual for books, but they start a few lines beneath the previous chapter, which feels rushed and unprofessional to me.
I do not particularly like this book; however, it may be an ideal book for fans of fan-fiction and slight erotica. Williams' writing is brash and forward, so it can be categorized as young adult fanfic, but the sexual content is exactly what erotica novel readers will enjoy most about this novel. A word of warning, the n slur with the hard r is used multiple times in this book, albeit by a character in the book, I feel compelled to share a trigger warning.
I rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. The Devil's Eclipse is definitely not a terrible read but it lacks the mentally-engaging aspect that is to be expected in the genre Sci-fi Fantasy.
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The Devil's Eclipse
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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