Saturday, December 21, 2013

Book Review: Pandemonium

This is an impressive debut book from Daryl Gregory. The story centers around the main character, Del Pierce, and his pursuit to have his Demon exorcised. This novel reminded me of early Stephen King in which he gets you to like the main character and then messes with his life. This creates tension throughout the novel and makes you squirm when bad things happen. Mr. Gregory’s plotting is superb as the mystery to determine what is happening unfolds.

This is an inventive novel. The idea that a demon possession can happen randomly to any person at any time is cool. In addition, there are only certain Demon archetype’s such as The Painter, Kamikaze, The Captain, The Truth, etc. Each Demon has their own characteristics and their human host will perform as such. Mr. Gregory even possessed Philip K. Dick with a demon called Valis. Hilarious.

Sometimes the novel is a little abrupt and it is hard to figure out where you are in the story. This is minor irritation that may have more to do with the reader (me) than the author.

This is truly a unique novel that deserves to be read.

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