Review of The Devil's Eclipse

[Adven Simarmata]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Devil's Eclipse" by Christopher Williams.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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The Devil’s Eclipse by Christopher Williams contains eight short horror stories involving spooky creatures, such as monsters, insects, and extraterrestrial beings, to terrorize and even kill humans cruelly. In some stories, the concept used is similar to the concept of karma, where humans are terrorized by supernatural beings due to their bad deeds; however, instead of happening in their future lives, the bad destiny happens to them in their present lives. In the other stories of the book, humans rely on demonic power to take revenge on their fellow humans. The book also explains how Satan tricks humans to become the disciples of Satan and how the disciples of Satan helps out Satan by trapping more humans to become the disciples of Satan.

It is good that this book uses satanic symbols and includes some scary warnings because it successfully scared me when I read it. The horror stories are packed with social issues in the United States, such as racism, bullying, and deviant churches, so the book indirectly makes me aware of those issues. The book provides some good plot twists that made me eager to continue reading the book. The book describes in detail the physical appearance of the supernatural beings and how they terrorize their prey, so I can visually and audibly imagine the horrifying scenes.

What I disliked about the book was that some of the stories were not frightening at all. I think it is because even though the frightening creatures and terror are described well, the storyline is banal. Some of the climaxes are not well-constructed, thus making the story flat. As a result, some of the stories did not give any great impression.

I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. Some of the stories were enjoyable. However, I think the climax of some of the stories needs to be improved, so it can give some great impressions to the reader. For those flat climaxes and shallow storylines, I reduce two stars from the rating.

I recommend this book for those who enjoy light, short horror stories. This book is absolutely short and can be easily finished in one sitting. Most of the stories contain intense sexual and romantic scenes, so I also recommend this book to those who enjoy reading books that are interspersed with romantic stories. However, some of the sexual scenes may be too extreme or too disturbing for some people.

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The Devil's Eclipse
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