Blood Sugar

Blood Sugar

Daniel Kraus2019
From the dark imagination of New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Kraus - co-author with Guillermo del Toro of THE SHAPE OF WATER (which as a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture) - comes a Halloween crime story that's like nothing you've ever read before. In a ruined house at the end of Yellow Street, an angry outcast hatches a scheme to take revenge for all the wrongs he has suffered. With the help of three alienated kids, he plans to hide razor blades, poison, and broken glass in Halloween candy, maiming or killing dozens of innocent children. But as the clock ticks closer to sundown, will one of his helpers - an innocent himself, in his own streetwise way - carry out or defeat the plan? Told from the child's point of view, in a voice as unforgettable as A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Kraus' novel is at once frightening and emotional, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny. It'll make you rethink your concepts of family, loyalty, and justice - and will leave you double-checking the wrappers on your Halloween candy for the rest of your days.
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Mahogany Skillings@bibliogeekgirl
4 stars
Mar 21, 2022

While reading this title, I couldn't put it down and needed to finish it. After I was finished, I had to take a few days to process what I had just read. This book will sit heavy with you and leave you wondering about your sense of humor and the need to watch bad things happen. In this Halloween set crime thriller, the kids are decidedly, not alright. Told from Jody's point of view - one of the children involved in Robbie's (an adult friend) dastardly plan - you see the effects of poverty, neglect, and even over-involvement on kids who are just trying to make if from day to day. There are a few interludes, through letters, where you get to see the point of view of Robbie and Dagmar (Jody's love interest and best friend). Jody's obsession with Lord of the Rings and his creative ways of not saying curse words will have you laughing, until you cry. This story will leave you wondering if anyone is truly innocent, and if so what does that really mean.

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Tanara Guthrie@sweetbeans007
3 stars
Aug 25, 2022

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