Books like broken monsters

The title, he notes, was a problematic one, as its themes are dark, and its plot involves a true detective like twist in which a killer crowns his victims with animal parts. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read broken monsters. Clarke award, is one of the best books ive ever read, if judged on a scale pitting the outlandishness of the premise a murder mystery set in an. Sep 16, 2014 beukes gave us a time traveling serial killer in the shining girls, and the monsters in her latest tale, whether theyre real or imagined, will keep you up all night. Thats a testament to how well written broken monsters is and just. I just finished this book a while ago and its been a while since ive read anything. The problem is these elements are barely integrated so the story builds as one type of tale, ends as another and the climax ends up feeling distinctly at odds with what preceded it. Her prose is unhindered, exuberant and something like addictive.

In some ways broken monsters is a more compact novel than the shining girlsmost of it takes place over the course of a week in detroit, whereas. But if you embrace beukess terrifying vision of 21st century america youre in for a hell of a ride. Broken monsters is one of the most remarkable books of the year, and one of the best suspense novels youll read in quite some time. Broken monsters is set in the urban decay of detroit where a detective is tracking down a killer who fuses victims bodies with animals. Like all good horror books, broken monsters does have some paranormal elements, but honestly the killer would be extremely chilling if he existed in real life. Broken monsters features an amazing cast of characters, and a chilling. Lauren beukes captivating broken monsters is centered around the hunt for a.

If lauren beukess internationally bestselling the shining girls was a timejumping thrill ride through the past, her broken monsters is a genreredefining thriller about broken cities, broken dreams, and broken people trying to put themselves back together again. Sep 25, 2014 broken monsters, by lauren beukes, is the second creepy serial killer thriller from the author after her breakout success last year, the shining girls. You can watch the trailer and order the book below. Aug 24, 2015 broken monsters features an amazing cast of characters, and a chilling plot that will keep you up at night. From classic works of horror like carrie and the shining to enormous. Serial killer, detroits ghost city haunt broken monsters. Broken monsters, lauren beukes books, brains and beer.

If you like broken monsters you might like similar books the shining girls, security, the grip of it, a head full of ghosts, horrorstor. The city of detroit is a major, tragic character in the novel some people have ghost towns, we have a whole ghost city, as one local. Broken monsters by lauren beukes 528pp, harper collins, telegraph offer price. And while she does this kind of thingcreepy murder tableaus, cynical investigating officers, a dash of the supernaturalvery well, i dont want anyone to discount where she got her start. Jul 26, 2014 broken monsters is certainly a curious beast of a book a hybrid of crime and cosmic horror with a mordant sense of humour. Broken monsters is one of the most remarkable books of the year, and one of the best. In both books, she plays with genre in a slippery but propulsive way. It could, more successfully i believe, have remained as a straight crime novel, albeit macabre, without that contrivance.

Goodreads members who liked broken monsters also liked. If lauren beukess internationally bestselling the shining girls was a time jumping thrill ride through the past, her broken monsters is a genreredefining thriller. Dec 12, 2014 in the end, forgiveness is like letting go of a rabid cougar you had by the tail. Jul 31, 2014 broken monsters proved to be just the thing i needed, turning out to be a crossgenre piece with mystery and thriller elements as well. Aug 07, 2014 broken monsters by lauren beukes 528pp, harper collins, telegraph offer price. What to read next if you liked broken monsters, voyager, the. Sep 11, 2014 south african novelist lauren beukes discusses her latest novel, broken monsters, in which a string of murder victims are found cut in half and fused with the bodies of animals. If you loved the occulttinged first season of true. Rejected cover designs for broken monsters by lauren beukes. Sep 17, 2014 broken monsters is very much a novel of the present.

Even before broken monsters was published in the us, it garnered rhapsodic praise both here and abroad. Broken monsters by lauren beukes detective gabriella versado is the first on the scene of a crime so abhorrent that the killer will be tagged in headlines as the detroit monster. Buy a cheap copy of broken monsters book by lauren beukes. Broken monsters by lauren beukes book trailer youtube.

I can get more specific if you like, with the aid of the lovely spoilers tag. South african novelist lauren beukes discusses her latest novel, broken monsters, in which a string of murder victims are found cut in half and fused with the bodies of animals. Had beukes failed to tell a story worthy of her chosen setting, broken monsters might have been a stillbirth, another corpse to stack in the motor citys overflowing. I write twisty novels that dont like to be boxed up with tidy category labels. Ive written awardwinning books, a new york timesbestselling comic. Like a more extreme version of jonno, the killer craves the limelight with. In july 2014, beukes published a new novel called broken monsters, which is set in detroit, michigan. Her prose is unhindered, exuberant and something like addictiveyou can tell yourself youre just going to read one chapter, but before you know it, youve gone through 100 pages. Life destroyed his plans, so hes found new dreams of flesh and. Also, high time i read something from lauren beukes, and looks like ive been missing out all this time. Its beautiful, horrifying, thrilling, and most impressive of all, possessed of a deep and remarkable compassion. Ive tried reading other books in my free time, but they dont catch my attention as this one did.

If her internationally bestselling the shining girls was a timejumping thrill ride through the past, lauren beukess broken monsters is a genreredefining thriller about broken cities, broken. Jul 24, 2014 she uses the mode like the knife that opens the oyster. Broken monsters features an amazing cast of characters, and a chilling plot that will keep you up at night. Apr 23, 2015 i like the author, having read several of her books. Its hard to overstate how ambitious broken monsters is, maybe because beukes somehow manages to make it look easy. Broken monsters was the novel i struggled with the most, to find the shape of the thing and how the killer experienced the world. Broken monsters is a showstopping story of a city trying to rise from its own ashes, its inhabitants struggling with their own demons, and monster working to shape the world to match his most disturbing visions. Michael schaub, npr remarkable is beukess ability to blend genres, seamlessly incorporating horror, fantasy and traditional crime in ways that highlight the best parts of each. In this moving memoir about friendship, family, creativity, tragedy, and the richness of life, abigail thomas grapples with questions like.

Im lauren beukes, bestselling, awardwinning author of broken. Entertainment weekly went on to say, remarkable is lauren beukess ability to blend genres, seamlessly incorporating horror, fantasy and. For the most part, broken monsters was an enjoyable read, but let down i thought by a contrived ending which spilled over into the supernatural. Nov 12, 2014 broken monsters is set in present day detroit, a provocative choice. Start reading broken monsters by lauren beukes mulholland books. Below, little, brown senior art director keith hayes describes the creative process he underwent in designing the cover for lauren beukess broken monsters. Broken monsters is very much a novel of the present. Dragging its hefty symbolism behind it like tin cans behind a car marked just married. The capital of ruin p, target of political jeremiads, butt of jokes, looming symbol of american decline. Find books like broken monsters from the worlds largest community of readers. Im lauren beukes, bestselling, awardwinning author of broken monsters, the shining. Sep 16, 2014 its hard to overstate how ambitious broken monsters is, maybe because beukes somehow manages to make it look easy. Clayton broom is a failed artist, and a broken man.