Jeff Menapace is a good storyteller, no doubt. Not great writing, but still a 3-star read. His short chapters shoot the reader right along from one gory scene to the next.
Travis Roy is out to settle a score. He has been screwed over by the system and his father and they are going to pay. He is seeking out his heretofore unknown relatives that live in the same swamp, the rest of the Roy clan of wierdos. Meanwhile, Stacy and her hipster friends and their boyfriends go roaring through life unfocused, looking for that next drinking game or next roll in the sack. To make a bundle of greenbacks, they are heading to the swamp to do a Netflix documentary about the Roy family massacre of a few years ago. What could go wrong?
I had very little connection with Stacy and her bunch of friends. They all are one-dimensional, transparent with no personality. Except Stacy, the ringleader. She is the brain that leads everyone into hell. However, the Roys, without exception, are psychopaths, each more disgusting than the ones before. Not real, not believable. There is never any doubt about who the villains are in ‘Wildlife Reckoning’.
The problem with sequels is the ingrained desire to overdo the original, in this case more gore, more cruelty, more excessiveness. It’s too much. The clunky dialogue and farfetched storyline are no longer creepy. The story becomes just gross. I didn’t care for any of the stereotypes, not the ignorant blood-lusting hillbillies or the naïve money-hungry city-slickers. Everyone that dies endures horrible deaths but by then it was all so predictable. So nonsensible. Typical slasher horror story. I don’t think I would watch the documentary either.
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I just read this book and Wildlife. I cannot wait for a 3rd with Darla!! Dark and gruesome and maybe I'm dark but I found my self laughing at Darla scenes. An easy read but very deep and interesting because unfortunately there are people this bad. Without giving to much away both are must reads for a mind getaway and food 😆 for thought.
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