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The Devil All the Time ReviewTHE DEVIL ALL THE TIME
Fasten your seat belt, stop the world, you will want to get off and read this book in one sitting, then you'll be sorry when you are finished. Donald Ray Pollock's writing slams into your mind and soul and will not let you go. Ever.
This book is intense, frightening, wonderful, poignant, alarming, and magnificent. The characters you will meet -- and I wouldn't want to meet many of them in a dark alley -- are bizarre, menacing, church-going, God-fearing, alarming, and sometimes loving folk. The people in this book are so fleshed-out and real and the types of human beings you pray you will never actually have the pleasure of meeting.
The setting is in West Virginia and Ohio, the backroads of rural America. Folks are poor and down-trodden, homes are ramshackle and filthy. We meet Willard Russell who has served his time in the South Pacific and can't get over the brutality of war. The war leaves him wounded in his mind but he hopes to put all of that behind him when he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Charlotte. Willard and Charlotte have a son, Arvin Eugene. We also meet Carl and Sandy Henderson, married psychopaths who have a terrifying and disturbing hobby. Two other stand-out characters are a preacher, Roy, and his wheelchair bound partner, Theodore; both are on the lamb.
All of these lives become jumbled and tangled together, making for one heck of a story. The plot is fast paced and I couldn't turn the pages quickly enough. Pollock's descriptions of the characters were so vivid and dynamic you can almost see their greased back hair, smell their cheap perfume, and taste the whiskey and/or coffee they are chugging down.
The entire time I was reading and loving this book, I couldn't stop feeling totally appalled and wondering how I could LOVE such a story-line -- one filled with death, depravations, strange, odd, totally weird people. A book that made me look at people out in public in a totally new and different and not good way. A book that had me rechecking the locks on my doors. A book I will recommend to others and a book I will never forget. Pollock's extreme talent in writing is the reason why I could absolutely love and highly recommend such a disturbing and wildly wonderful book. Pollock had me sitting on the edge of my seat the entire time, being shocked and reshocked over and over again. The story line twists and turns, taking you places you never dreamed of, never once was I correct when I thought I had everything all figured out -- not once. Dang.
Pollock has one previous book, KNOCKEMSTIFF. Don't miss that one either. This man is talented and here's hoping he graces us with more of his fantastic work.
Thanks --
Pam
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