Here we go, folks. Hope you've got your coffee in hand, because I have a chilling story to recommend! This one is brought to us by Rob E. Boley from Ohio. A well-educated man, Boley earned a BA and MA in English from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. His website is topped off by a powerful quote: "I like to make blank pages darker." If this book, The Body Will Follow, is an accurate indicator of the rest of his work, then I must say he's hit his mark.
The Body Will Follow by Rob E. Boley, 2020, is a quick read that leaves the soul bruised. When I first purchased the book, I began to delve in within the hour. Being a lifelong connoisseur of horror movies and metal music, I was astonished by the need to set the book aside after only twenty pages. I credit this to the author's masterful delivery of conflict and circumstance. The introductory troubles detailed within these first few chapters struck me deeply, which was precisely what I was looking for. However, it took me three long months to decide I was ready to plunge into the dark waters of The Body Will Follow again.
Aside from my initial difficulty in coping with the protagonist's, Carrie's, situation, I found the book to be well written and fast paced. I started over when I came back to the pages, and tore through the body of work in four, perhaps five hours. The characters were well fleshed out, there were consistent details, and the plot came to a sensible conclusion amidst the supernatural chaos and transition from a reasonable world (for the characters, that is).
The story begins with a woman struggling with possession perpetrated by a "gang of ghosts." They have taken her body for a months-long, carnal, joyride. Previously a fit, successful vegan data analyst, Carrie comes out of the forced exorcism with her life, health, and home in shambles. She must rise from the ashes of herself, with her only remaining friend and a modest array of supernatural abilities, such as the ability to see and interact with ghosts.
The only complaint I can deliver about the book is the protagonist, Carrie, and I acknowledge that it is nitpicky. I felt that considering the sort of person that she was portrayed to be, some of the cultural references that she made did not fit her, regarding Batman villains and Star Wars characters. Am I unjustly judging this fictitious woman? Most probably. But that was the only facet of the book that bothered me, and so I say to the author: Well done, and thanks.
At 146 pages, I ripped through this paperback swiftly and would recommend it to any that would delve into the darker edges of human nature. It begins with some situations that are rough on the readers soul, but isn't that what we come for?
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