Little Heaven

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Full of downtrodden inhabitants, who appear unhealthy and emaciated, and children who are demonstrating pretty cruel behaviour, Little Heaven tells the story of a settlement that might actually be a little closer to Hell than Heaven. For some reason, I had some trouble with the back and forth - perhaps because it took so long for things to develop. I’m not sure if reading it during the holiday season was the best decision, but if you’re looking for something that will make your skin crawl, this is the right book for you. As much as I’ve enjoyed Nick Cutter in the past, sadly this one didn’t quite live up to my expectations, though of course that doesn’t mean it won’t work for you.

Sure, there's supernatural forces at work, and a lair in which the monster resides, but I didn't feel like the similarities were overpowering. The rest is totally Cutter, which may eventually surprise some or disenchant others, depending on your patience.One of them, Minerva, plans to kill another, a British black man named Ebeneezer, to fulfill a wish for revenge. A “gripping and terrifying story…and one not to be missed” (Robert McCammon) from the acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep! I do recommend this one if you are a Cutter fan, however if you haven't read anything by him before then I suggest reading The Troop or The Deep first. The illustrations throughout this book were a really nice way of helping to visualise how messed-up these creatures were. It is very obvious that Cutter was influenced by King; even if the author didn’t admit it himself (which he does, often), any fan of King’s would easily see the similarities.

Indeed, take everything I say here with a grain of salt since the vast majority of other reviews I’ve seen so far have been positively glowing. Do you like seeing said Boy Scouts confront a vicious enemy on an isolated Island off the coast of Prince Edward Island? Through it and its underlings the nature of evil is touched upon as well in really interesting ways, though the plot is never overburdened by philosophical waxing. The book opens with an introduction to a trio of rough mercenaries who have reunited to stand against an evil from their past.

Combining that with the horrific end of the Little Heaven compound, and the result is a horror novel that gets not only under your skin, but may viscerally upset you in no small way. Told in two sections, as the events are happening and fifteen years later, the novel left me with chills.

I own "The Troop" and "The Deep" and after hearing such good things about them, I probably should have started my Cutter experience there. Something that I found really interesting about this book was that it felt almost like a Western as well as a horror novel, and not just because it took place in the New Mexican desert. There were a few places that I found my attention wandering but overall I quite I enjoyed the story and the path it took. But there is something old and hungry that lives in the wilderness surrounding the compound of Little Heaven, something that doesn't want anyone to leave. Great set up, but Cutter struggles at times with pacing and also at an attempt to make this too epic.

It is north of Frederica at the interchange between Delaware Route 1 and Bowers Beach Road/Clapham Road. fulmination, extrusions, clotted, shuddering, ichor, gibbering, madness, jesting, capering, whickerings, guttural, mindless, chittering, obelisk, scuttling, jittering, gobbets, etc. But regretfully, I found it really hard to care about anyone in this book, which also likely dampened my enthusiasm for the story. The pace did pick up a bit but there were still random thoughts/remembrances the characters have that continued to make it drag to me. Cutter (The Deep) portrays three very damaged people trying to do good in this disturbing tale, which is elevated by illustrations by Adam Gorham.