Blood, Flesh, and Tears by Robert Weber
Blood, Flesh, and Tears
by Robert Weber
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My Ratings 4.2/5
Synopsis
Daemos stalks the skeletal streets of Viscrucia looking for a worthy victim. He finds it in the city's nightmares when a sinister Lord challenges Daemos to claim the unkillable in return for a chance at immortality. The crimson odyssey leads him to monsters, obscure religions, lust, and a transformation no human has ever survived.
Something emerges from the depths of the Suffering eager to drag him there, but the Lord has other plans. A storm grows. Viscrucia evolves. More and more want Daemos's head. Flesh will be paid.
Pain is just the beginning.
My Thoughts
"Pain is just the beginning."
Literature can be a moving, beautiful artistic experience. Skilled writers can bring us face to face with scenarios and emotions we might never encounter in real life, expanding our understanding of both the universe and our fellow man. It can also scare the living daylights out of us. Horror novels don’t always get the respect they deserve; just because something is scary doesn’t mean it’s not “literary” or well-crafted art, but if the core purpose of a story is perceived to be “making you soil yourself in fear” for some reason that story won’t get much respect. Of course, a story can be terrifying without necessarily being great art. If your goal is to be so terrified of a book that you put it in the freezer and book a hotel room for a few days, Blood, Flesh, and Tears by Robert Weber is the exact right pick you it is a surprisingly amazing horror , fantasy fiction that mixes in jump scares to keep the blood pumping in between tears falling. I must say , I'm already falling in love with this book all over again as I re-read it.
So, Blood, Flesh, and Tears is a horror book, but how exactly does it stand up in terms of horror? Well, quite brilliantly, really. When reading it, there were several scenes where I had to put the book down and just process it for a solid five minutes before I continued to read. Funnily enough, the horror does not stem from the actual encounters with It, but rather in the interactions between the characters.
Overall,
A great novel. A phenomenal book. Thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligent—it renders most other fantasy horror fiction meaningless. This demonically brilliant book is impossible to ignore, put down, or persuasively conclude reading. In fact, when you purchase your copy you may reach a certain page and find me there.
I would definitely going to recommend it to all the lovers of horror fiction.
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