Book Review: Apocalyptic Organ Grinder

Apocalyptic Organ Grinder by William Todd Rose

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

 

From Goodreads: 

This is a book that I received a free e-copy from net galley to review. All I can say is “wow.” The book went by really quickly – a lot quicker than what I thought it would. Some gross stuff – but nothing too bad (though if you get queasy with the idea of “pus” then stay away!). What prevented the book from getting 5/5 stars was the fact that I could (and did – though not because I really wanted to..) skip some parts / sections and still figure out what was going on. Ok, maybe that’s not a bad thing, but to me that says that parts were not necessary. Anyway, the book itself was really good and different than a lot of other things that I had read.

 

This is not a zombie book really. I’ve heard/seen a lot of people want to label it as such, but I hope no one picks this up and thinks it will be your every day zombie book.

 

What also might have influenced my rating was the fact that I had a lot of other things going on in my personal life while reading this story. This is not the fault of the book or anything, but it just influenced my highly subjective rating.

 

This is also the very first ebook that I have read. I read it on my laptop and didn’t enjoy the layout too well (the idea of reading on the computer itself, not the book’s layout). I definitely will try to get used to reading via a laptop / reading e-books as quite a few things are available in that form. I only mention this because it is something else that might have skewed my rating.

 

So, with all of these things working against the book, why 4/5 instead of 3/5 or even 2/5? Well, I used the goodreads rating and I really did like the book. Simple as that. Despite parts seeming unnecessary, the book itself held a very interesting idea/theme. I am going to be taking a class on trauma and literature in the fall and I think this would have been an excellent addition to the reading list. The book overall was more than “ok.”

 

I recommend this book to anyone who likes some of the unconventional creepy things (I LOVE Stephen King, so that might influence me a bit… and the Saw movies….). I would say that adult readers would be the best audience for this (or maybe late teens even). I really did enjoy it and hope that my review has been helpful to potential readers, etc.

 

Sincerely,

Taylor

 

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What I would like to add:

 

I would gladly reread the book again (if I had the time I would do it immediately!).  I felt bad that this was the first book that I had to read via e-copy, but I would have felt bad for whatever my first book would have been.  It’s definitely a different format than what I am used to.

 

However, I don’t think my opinion of the book would have changed too much had this been a printed copy.  (I just wouldn’t have gone on and on about e-copies within the review itself I guess…)

 

Very cool book and it had a different perspective than what I was used to…  I recommend it (as I stated within the review above) for more mature readers.

 

My rating: 4/5 stars

 

Sincerely,

Taylor

 

 

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