Rating: Four out of Five Starts
This book… this book is… is…. stunning.
Or as I said when I was 50 pages in “Holy shiznat, friends. This book is breathtaking in it’s simplicity and intensity.”
Black Helicopters is probably the most captivating book I’ve read in a looong looong time. Now I’ve read decent books lately, but they are my typical genre YA fantasy/dystopia books. This book is neither and yet it will appeal to ANYONE who likes to read those. Keeping in mind that this is a dark book though! I am really struggling trying to write a proper review because I cannot capture the essence of this short story because it’s so… different? It’s pure and raw and graphic and its sooo emotional but it has the least emotional pro-tag I’ve ever read. It’s gritty and mind-boggling and twisted because the “bad guy” is our hero in the story. The warped, off-kilter villains we always read about in the newspapers is Black Helicopter’s narrators. It’s an amazing book with a deep, dark, scary viewpoint.
I’m in utter and completely awe of this. So I will stick with my original review on Goodreads of this:
Do your self a solid and take a few hours to read this baby. It’s short and will change your mind about a lot of things.
To read a well articulated review of this, because I completely failed at it, visit The Midnight Garden’s website.
Tell me what you think!