The plot centres around a twentysomething loner and young shutaway by the name of Robbie, who has plotted a nasty scheme to get revenge on those who have made his life a misery, and enlists Jody and his friends to help him enact it. Instead, it's more a story of revenge of awful situations and the terrible things people can do to one another. It shouldn't, but it does.īlood Sugar isn't really a Halloween story – it's just when the story is set. It's a struggle to acclimatise to Jody's voice, to get acquainted with his mannerisms, but the story wouldn't be the same without it, and somehow it works. The immediate effect is disorientating and distracting, and it takes some time to feel natural. Kraus tells the story in a distinctive voice unlike any other I've read an erratic dialect with heavy and frequent slang. This might put a lot of readers off, and to be honest it'd be hard to blame them. And not because of the dark subject matter – that'll come later – but because of the way in which it's told. Summary: Short, snappy, and delightfully nasty – it might take you a while to acquire the taste, but you won't forget this book in a hurry once you do.
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