Andrew Post

When I initially started reading this book, I felt a little overwhelmed and confused by the seemingly disjointed storyline and characters being thrown at me. But once things started to come together, my confusion morphed into disgusted enjoyment (pretty sure that’s a real thing).

Chop Shop is gory, over the top, gruesome, and macabre, in the best possible way. Andrew Post not only pushes you to the edge of decency with this story, he nudges you over and lets you dangle a bit before pulling you back. And just when you think it can’t go any further, surprise! It does. And you’re ultimately glad it did.

I received a free e-copy of Chop Shop by Andrew Post from Net Galley and Flame Tree Press in exchange for my review.… (més)

An intelligently written book, cleverly mixing black humour and pathos, along with a warning on how life can take a turn for the worst so suddenly. Frank Goode is a disbarred doctor who used to use his talent for good, putting his patients in front of everything, until suddenly he had nothing to put his patents in front of as his marriage fell apart and he went to prison for a single error which is hinted at but not explained. Jolene and Amber run Amber's father's funeral parlour - not very well, in fact they owe money all over town. Amber is offered the "option" to harvest body parts of fresh corpses which come to her parlour - Jolene is horrified. Amber agrees to do a trial run. In the meantime, Frank has a member of one gang sleeping off the effects of an operation in his bedroom and a member of a rival gang on his operating table in his dining room turned operating room. From then on, it's pretty much down hill for everyone in the book, and yet the tale progresses such that I was rooting for the main characters and hoping the really bad guys got their comeuppance. That is the sign of a truly good writer, I was guessing until the end, even with the clues scattered throughout.… (més)