On the surface level Until The Sun is a fantastic and fresh take on the vampire tale. I was somewhat doubtful on the vampire premise but Chandler definitely made vampires cool again.
But once you pry apart the books ribcage and get to digging inside is where you start to find what this book is truly about and that is the alienation of youth and it’s strengths and weaknesses.
It does a marvelous job of trying to understand and compartmentalize grief and loss, as well as touching base on how powerful and all consuming your first love can be and the recklessness of youth.
It’s also written in a very literary and beautiful way. Chandler has such a way with his wielding of prose and its shines through constantly throughout the novel, never coming through as pretentious in the least.
Seriously , he’s a master of his craft.
This book struck a nerve for me because it perfectly encompasses my angsty teenage years and I could relate to a lot of these feelings myself back in my youth.
There’s a lot of deliciously funny humor littered throughout the text in countless scenes that will bring lots of smiles and laughs but make no mistake that this is a horror novel as there are plenty of horrific scenes and murders peppered throughout.
My favorite part was a showstopper of a scene where our humble narrator Casanova tries the highly unsafe new street drug “Captain Howdy”with his friends and has a disastrous and frightening bad trip that you won’t forget.
All in all this was such a satisfying journey that every horror fan or just lover of good fiction should definitely give a read, highly recommended.
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The writing style itself intrigued me. It puts you in the characters shoes almost as if your playing the main character as a video game or reading a script. I think this really got me more into the story. The main character , Casanova (his nickname) , encounters home invaders that kill his foster parents. The home invaders are vampires. He doesn’t have much reaction to the death scene displayed in front of him. The vampires think he might be a good fit to join their ranks but first he has to prove he can handle their life style. They tell Casanova about their life styles and recount how they came to be revealing what their lives were before the change. I was drawn to find out more about who their leader was and the main character’s life story before meeting these “vampires”. This story includes a lot of sex, drugs, and violence. It’s some what a coming of age story with a unique vampire twist. 5/5🌟 review! There are questions that I would love the author to answer one day but I did love that the book kept me guessing.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2020
The writing style itself intrigued me. It puts you in the characters shoes almost as if your playing the main character as a video game or reading a script. I think this really got me more into the story. The main character , Casanova (his nickname) , encounters home invaders that kill his foster parents. The home invaders are vampires. He doesn’t have much reaction to the death scene displayed in front of him. The vampires think he might be a good fit to join their ranks but first he has to prove he can handle their life style. They tell Casanova about their life styles and recount how they came to be revealing what their lives were before the change. I was drawn to find out more about who their leader was and the main character’s life story before meeting these “vampires”. This story includes a lot of sex, drugs, and violence. It’s some what a coming of age story with a unique vampire twist. 5/5🌟 review! There are questions that I would love the author to answer one day but I did love that the book kept me guessing.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2020
Until the Sun by Chandler Morrison is a tale about a very troubled fifteen-year-old boy. Everywhere this boy goes, death soon follows…
Until the Sun was a book that is WAY out of my comfort zone. If it wasn’t for our group that were all reading this together to discuss, I probably would have bailed on it. I personally just don’t like anything that centers around sex and drugs, and that was a major part of this book.
However, I’m SO glad I stuck with it.
Overall, Chandler Morrison’s writing style was wonderful. I really enjoyed the use of dialog and how the story overall was organized. This book started off in a way that made me curious… so I just had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. The ending was definitely worth me following the elements that I didn’t care much for.
Other than that, I gotta say that this is one that’s really best to just dive in for yourself!
Until the Sun was a book that is WAY out of my comfort zone. If it wasn’t for our group that were all reading this together to discuss, I probably would have bailed on it. I personally just don’t like anything that centers around sex and drugs, and that was a major part of this book.
However, I’m SO glad I stuck with it.
Overall, Chandler Morrison’s writing style was wonderful. I really enjoyed the use of dialog and how the story overall was organized. This book started off in a way that made me curious… so I just had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen. The ending was definitely worth me following the elements that I didn’t care much for.
Other than that, I gotta say that this is one that’s really best to just dive in for yourself!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020
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Iain MacCallum
Vampire tale with a difference.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2020Kindle Customer
Humorously grotesque
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2020Mrs M Whitehead
Dark and enjoyable read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2020
