Drip (a gothic bromance)- Andrew Montlack
I laughed a lot. I’m inclined to that with all vampire
books- I mean, they can’t be real. But Montlack can make the macabre funny,
frightening, possible, stupid, and yes, scary, all within a few sentences. Drip
is a good book, whether one reads with a focus on pure comedy or as satirical
horror/speculative fiction. The words are well put together. I’m glad this was
written as a straight book, rather than an adult comic, as books are always
better if one is free to paint one’s own pictures. Films have damaged so many
good books. Montlack is very much out of the multi-media suite; being a jack of
many trades doesn’t always work, but I’m pleased to report that this is great
entertainment.
There are some great characters. JD and George apart, I have
to say, I was quite drawn to Cerri. If I feel through the proverbial rabbit
hole into the plot, her relative sanity, and certain attractive qualities,
would have made her my go to person. This book has loads of the old vampire
stuff in a fashionable modern environment, mainly that of big business. Think
bloodsucking bankers, except that they are not bankers, in what is on one level
an often-seen story of business greed. On other levels, it’s one that quickly
slips off the path of sanity.
Reading this had me in a sort of split hemisphere frame of
mind, one side, left or right, up or down, whatever, was laughing at every other
line; the other was all, “This is getting quite worrying, almost scary”. There
are few original ideas, are there ever, but Montlack puts those he uses
together in a very individual way. What’s to say?- Except, read it!
Now, how did I write all that without a gulp of coffee?
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