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Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Now when I look back, a few parts were a bit wordy. Also, I felt like some of the character's stories di 5 glorious stars for this one.
Also, I felt like some of the character's stories didn't belong and were dragged out. With that being said, its still a 5 star book My original Family Business audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer. This sucker is pitch-black bleak, filled with a cast of abusers and the abused, and rife with hopelessness.
The few times we get meager glimpses of light, Williams revels in prolonging our agony and draws the shutters back down into place to blot out the light. This is a cruel and savage wo My original Family Business audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
This is a cruel and savage work, one that left me feeling dirty and in desperate need of a shower at the end of its ordeal.
Erika is hoping to surprise her husband with a puppy and ventures off to visit a backwoods puppy mill. Obviously this is the best idea in the world, and after cluelessly ignoring all the warning signs horror-hounds will be well versed in, she finds herself abducted and locked in a cage.
And just when you think things cannot become more depraved, Williams somehow still manages to up the ante in an on-going pursuit of nihilistic redneck horror. OK, so this is a story that did not appeal to me.
While I enjoy dark, broody horror, this book was just too unrelentingly grim for me. If Williams wanted to strip his readers bare emotionally and, like one certain poor puppy early on, viciously crush them beneath his boot heel, he is certainly successful in that regard. As narrator, Joe Hempel handles the material well, and his reading possesses the necessary gravitas.
His accents and character voices fit in nicely with the rural Missouri setting, and the production is smooth. Potential listeners may want to get an iron gut before braving the dark depths of this particular title.
Audiobook provided for review by the audiobookreviewer. View all 5 comments. Sep 30, Bill rated it liked it. From the cover you pretty much get the gist of this one and it was exactly what I thought it was going to be — Nasty, bloody, pornie, and then nasty some more.
With all that, how can you go wrong? A fast moving, surprisingly well written and brutal backwoods tale that's just plain ole fun for the whole family. My only gripe was the abrupt ending. Could have used a bit more Yep.
Could have used a bit more…well, just a bit more. Heat Level: No rating. If you're looking for something safe, familiar or a happy ending, then this book probably isn't for you.
If you have triggers with extreme violence, torture, rape, animal neglect, dog fighting and one view spoiler [ not graphic but it was intentional baby death, hide spoiler ] , then yo Heat Level: No rating.
If you have triggers with extreme violence, torture, rape, animal neglect, dog fighting and one view spoiler [ not graphic but it was intentional baby death, hide spoiler ] , then you should approach with caution. You have been warned. On the flip side, if you have an open mind, a strong stomach and love a twisted tale that will immediately pull you in, give you hope and then crush your dreams, you should totally give this book a try.
You will not regret it. This is the first time I've read Bret Williams and most definitely not the last. When I found out he was a local author, I had to stalk him and his books to see what they were all about.
I really enjoy reading books that are set in or around my area. Family Business didn't specifically say where this was located, just in the "backwoods of Missouri" and that sounds like it could be the deepest and darkest part of the Ozark area, or at least that is what I imagined.
The story starts innocently enough, with Erika planning on surprising her husband, Stephen, with a new puppy. While driving to a breeder in the rural backwoods Missouri, Erika has some internal warning alarms going off but ignores them because she really wants a puppy. While trying to decide on just the right pup to bring home, Erika is met with a surprise herself and things take a very dark and disturbing turn.
Meet the hillbillies who are running the family business. We have Levi, business owner and father of Jake and Bub. Bobbie Jean, Levi's niece, has lived with them since her mother passed away. Have you seen Deliverance? Or The Hills Have Eyes? Well, here you go. Levi Jake Bub Bobbie Jean The only part that kind of got on my nerves was an early section with a ton of rape. Yes, it's necessary for the story progression but let's move on, I get it.
For a minute, it really felt like the story wasn't progressing but it eventually did. Another thing that shocked me actually there was a ton of things that shocked me was the ending and how abruptly it ended. It feels like a cliffhanger, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like it's not really a cliffhanger. Are there questions I need answered, yes and hopefully I'll get those answered in the other books.
Since I bought the audio version of this book, I need to comment on Joe Hempel's performance. He has a smooth and hypnotizing voice. He does character voices effortlessly and I could easily distinguish who was talking by the accent he used.
He seemed to really enjoy what he was reading. Overall, this book is dark, twisted, brutal, uncompromising and disturbing. Family Business made me cringe, laugh and cry.
Fantastic writing, world building and character development. I would recommend this book to horror fans, but please do read the warning and read at your own risk.
I gave this 5 stars because the overall story and the audio narrator were so amazing. I hope karma catches up to your ass. If you want to know what happens to the baby, you can click here. This is a true spoiler alert. Do not click this if you don't want to know what happens. The baby is killed because he was born deformed and for revenge.
The death is not detailed and it does not dwell on it, but it is in there. View all 9 comments. Subsequent to their argument, she does the obligatory pet store romp, then she calls the shelters, but none of them have exactly what she wants: a Yorkie female, a puppy that she can dress up in ribbons, pamper, and paint its toenails. One she can treat like her little girl, her baby. Like most people in this world, Erika has no clue when it comes to the unspoken grotesqueries of the Pet Trade.
Anyway, she winds up at a shitty ole deliverance type back-wooded farmhouse where she finds more than a cute little puppy. She finds Levi, his son Jake, and the retard Bubba with no one around to hear her scream. At this point of the story, we leave Erika in a cage for the moment and move on to her husband Steven, who at the start of chapter four is giving the high hard one to one of the many babes he has collected over the years to satisfy his need for enjoyment.
He is your typical: I am too young and wanna have fun while I can misogynistic asshole. So far by this point, we have the making of a pretty standard mainstream psychological crime thriller. Williams likes to address the dark side of humanity and has a penchant for taking on some very serious and disturbing social and moral issues in his fiction, as all good horror writers do.
In Back in Black , which I reviewed here several months ago , the story dealt with racism in the south and reparation in the form of revenge. There was a slight supernatural bent to that story, but the message was clear, as it is in Family Business. PDF Mr. PDF PrestaShop 1. Dr Karin M Hehenberger. Zellweger has written a wide-ranging, thorough and very readable examination of the family business.
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