The Haar

Very entertaining, foul and fun, I want to give this five stars and am two millimeters from doing so but can't quite because I've read better books in the same genre that I enjoyed/shocked me more.

The book is relevant, irreverent, violent, funny and dare I say it, deeply endearing, and I'm now a David Sodergren fan and looking forward to more of his books such as [book:Rotten Tommy|210387322] and [book:Maggie's Grave|55276075].

The main character, Muriel, is feisty, determined and unbreakable, as well as being likeable, identifiable and the perfect heroine.

The minus one is for the sublime to the ridiculous - I hate that expression - from the fantastical to the funky, from the mildly plausible to the downright silly.

This is an innovative and shocking book, but ultimately a tad too much and, as a novella of 200 pages, a lot explodes on the pages while also being rather low on scope.

But I laughed and marvelled at the ideas, wallowed in the friendships and sentiments, and guffawed at the extreme swearing and violence, like a breath of uninhibited fresh air.

Head successfully removed from ass, beware the 'c' word liberally sprinkled like pepper on a pot roast.

Corporations can sh*t on the little people from high and regularly do, but if you fight back and enjoy having fun, why not embrace entertaining indie horror with all its frills and frolics.