by Daniel Kraus
Personal prolegomena: This book fell into my mitts courtesy of another round of library roulette. About a quarter of the way in, things reached such a level of WTF that I broke one of my (made up) roulette rules, and just had to look it up to get a bead on this Scowler business. Given the bit that...
This book wasn't quite what I wanted it to be. The premise caught my attention because of the premise of imaginary friends: as a child, Ry "creates" three imaginary friends (Mr. Furrington, Jesus Christ, and Scowler) to help him cope with his father's abuse. Years later, when his father escapes pris...
Okay, so not The Taking quite yet... I was listening an audiobook at work and actually finished it today. You get Scowler right now and Derting's book tomorrow or Sunday... What to say about Scowler… It’s definitely a five star audiobook. But I won’t recommend it to anyone ever, probably. I h...
One of the darkest and creepiest YA books I have ever read. Being a huge fan of Koontz and loving a good chill, this book had me wrapped up on a warm summer day. Taking place on an Iowa farm, Ry Burke, his mom and his sister are saying their final good-byes to their beloved home and moving somewher...
Wow. This book was seriously horrifying. I could not put it down. Part of what horrified me the most is that it took place in my neck of the woods (southeast Iowa) on a farm in a rural area. Sounds just like where I live, which makes it a million times creepier. This is by no means a "light" read. I...
I was looking forward to reading Scowler, but I thought I was going to read something completely different than what I ended up with. I'm not even sure that I liked this book. Along with being overly written and descriptive, it was extremely disturbing and honestly just plain gross. I'm not really...
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