Review: Suffer the Children

I posted my video review of Suffer the Children last week and I haven't gotten around to writing it up. Whelp, now I'm doing it for those of you who don't have the time or patience or just don't like to watch BookTube reviews.

I'm going to keep it short and simple because I didn't love this book and I didn't hate it. It was, meh. That's all. It follows the story several adults, most of them parents, two of them not, who face the death of the worlds children. Seriously. They all die, every last one of them. That's not what drew me to the book, though, it's the fact that they didn't stay dead. That's my kind of story right there. In my first video (INSERT LINK) I introduced this book as a zombie novel. Well, it's not. But it does feature the undead: the vampire children.

I read this book quickly, not because it was good, but because I wanted to get it over with fast. There was nothing unique about this book. The writing was choppy. Like this. The author split sentences into two or three where a sentence would have sufficed. It created a reading that made me think of motion sickness. If words could make you sick, you'd get motion sickness from this one.

I've read unique vampire stories, it's possible, and this author didn't seem to get that. Take I Am Legend for example. That's some unique shit, vampires that evolve. Also, that's scary. Children who sleep all day is not scary. This one is particularly morbid because all of the afflicted are children. (Children who beg for their parents blood but don't take it by force are not scary.)

I do not recommend this book. I'll give you my affiliate link anyway, just in case you want to pursue it and support this blog. However, remember that nothing is shocking, nothing makes it unique but maybe you're just looking for a plain ol' vampire book, this one will do it for you.  It ends how you'd expect it to end (message me and I'll tell you if you're right).