Welcome back to Books With Cause. Let’s dive straight into my next review. This one’s about a world altered forever, not by explosion or invasion, but by absence. By nature, I’ve become a book hoarder in recent years. Books arrive at my house almost weekly in their numbers. I have piles and shelves waiting to …
Welcome back to Books with Cause. Let’s dive into my next review. We don’t get to choose the things we like. I was probably older than I should’ve been by the time I came to realise that. Many of the things I consume were influenced by those close to me. Family and friends from days …
Welcome back to Books With Cause. Let’s dive straight into my next review. A couple of weeks before Christmas, I went out for a few beers with my friend, Jon. We talked about numerous things, but the topic of books came up. Jon knows I’m a big reader and often asks about what I’m writing …
Welcome back to Books With Cause. Let’s dive into my latest review. Stephen King’s Bachman books have had quite the resurgence this year, especially with two big movie adaptations landing within months of each other. The Running Man is a brutal, relentless dystopian thriller originally released under King’s pseudonym, and it still hits astonishingly hard …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). This dystopian classic pushes one hundred teenage boys to their limits in a brutal endurance test — and only one can survive. Forty-six years feels like a long time. When you consider The …
Every so often, I come across a book that makes me think: “How the hell did they come up with this?” I hope we all have these moments as consumers of content. I think that’s why one of the top questions that any writer receives is “Where do you get your ideas?” I’ve watched numerous …
While it is true that I mostly read horror novels, I do also have an affection for dystopias. That shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering my very first post on this site was for Sunrise on the Reaping. Furthermore, I suppose there is also quite a crossover between horror and dystopia. Two …
Imagine a world where people no longer ate animals. That, to me, already sounds like a horror story. Or, if you’re a vegetarian/vegan, you might think this sounds wonderful. But wait, I haven’t finished. In this horror-dystopian novel, Tender is the Flesh, Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica presents a world where nobody eats animals, but they …