Lilibet Bombshell's Reviews > Manhunt

This book is more than a little thought-provoking. It’s an absolute mind screw. That’s not a bad thing at all. Books should make us think every once and a while. I’m all for escapism in my books, but every once and a while we need books to come along that make us think in a different way and to make us look at things through a different lens. Books that make us tilt our heads slightly and question how we see each other and the world. This book is one of those books, but it’s not going to be for everyone, and it’s not the easiest book to read. I’m going to dare you to try, though.

This book is in no way pretty. It’s unapologetic in its filth, gore, and violence. If you go into this book expecting sunshine and roses, at any point, you’ll be sorry. This is, overwhelmingly, a horror story. It’s also dystopic and splattergore. The violence is extreme and no one is spared from either being the perpetrator or the victim. No matter the sex or gender, violence touches everyone on both sides. That’s part of the story, though. I cannot and will not spoil any part of this story. It’s best to go into this story knowing only what the blurb provided by booksellers or the back of the book. Knowing anything else will ruin all the fun.

There is fun to be had. I know what I’ve described so far paints a bleak picture, but there is a lot of sharp, satirical humor to be found in this book. It’s a dark, morbid humor. Maybe even gallows humor, at times, but it’s there, and it will allow you to snicker and giggle at times in a book that would be too sad and heavy otherwise. There are also razor-sharp barbs of wit that add levity at just the right moments in time to keep scenes from getting too heavy.

This is bound to be a controversial book. People will hate it. It will be divisive. It will be banned in places. But it’s brilliant work. And it needed to be written. And it needs to be read.

Thank you to NetGalley, MacMillan-Tor/Forge, and Tor Nightfire for the ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review!