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Tim Welch
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By:
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D E McCluskey
About this listen
Addiction is an affliction.
As you crave you endure sweats, irritations, sleepless nights. Your life suffers, your job suffers.... Your family suffers.
But you need it. You have to have your fix.
Joe O'Hara is having a bad morning, and it's just about to get worse.
A random road traffic accident sends him on the path to addiction. Crack is the only thing that can give him any relief from his living hell - but it's a far cry from the crack you might think it is.
Crack is a psychological horror from D E McCluskey, author of The Twelve.
©2016 David McCluskey (P)2020 David McCluskeyListeners also enjoyed...
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awesome
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Not what you would expect!!
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Great story, iffy narration
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I usually don't prefer doing so, but when I saw this book's premise, I figured I'd take the risk. I'm glad I did, because from D E McCluskey’s opening words, I knew his CRACK would be a fun ride once I got inside it.
The more I sink myself into the “seedier” genres of horror, the more I find the fun in it. If I had to label this type of story, I’d put it firmly in the late-80s/early-90s exploitation B-movie category, but this one has a lot less of the sexual component than you’d expect. Yes, it’s exploitative and all the violence is directed at women, but it’s done so with a smirk and a wink at the camera. Add to that a bucket of blood and gore, and you’ve got yourself a fun little experience.
As for the nitty-gritty: The concept of the story is one I’ve not seen before. The killer’s addiction to a sound is not only unique, but it leads the reader to also wince every time the sound comes back into the narrative. And it’s such a simple one, too. CRACK. The CRACK brought on by an unfortunate (in many more ways than one) accident. The CRACK of the killer’s sanity. The CRACK it leaves in multiple families.
I love it.
The narration did take some time for me to get used to, however. I’m not saying it’s bad, it isn’t bad. It’s just not the timbre and cadence I’m used to. Tim Welch hits every sentence hard, and each CRACK is rattling. It’s the type of narration you’d want for a story like this, and it was just an issue of me not being used to his style that started me on an uneasy footing.
At 9 hours, CRACK is a long enough listen that you’ll get your fill of blood and violence, but it doesn’t overstay its welcome. But, it’s also short enough that I won’t feel bad coming back to it between larger works.
You should check out D E McCluskey’s CRACK. (let your mind figure out what I mean by that)
Check out this guy's CRACK
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My Crack Review
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Hell of a ride
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The main character, Joe, snapped at some point prior to where this story starts. Life pushed him too hard and he couldn’t take it and all that internal rage cracked out into this unhealthy need to kill. Cracking skulls is the only thing that gives Joe a few days of peace these days. The story shows how his need escalates from killing animals to killing women. There’s a fair amount of description spent on Joe’s orgasms, which occur with each cracked skull. It definitely adds to the ick factor that is Joe’s life.
The story goes from one victim to the next: animals, Joe beating up his wife, the women he kills, his therapist who he fantasizes about, etc. Joe doesn’t have much of a personality throughout the story. At first, it’s a little interesting because Joe has this imaginary friend he talks to, but the interest quickly faded for me because Joe remains a one-dimensional character throughout. Though, there at the very end, the plot tries to humanize him.
The ladies are victims and romantic interests throughout. All the male characters, not just Joe, refer to the women as girls throughout the story, failing to make the distinction between actual girls and grown women. If it was just Joe doing that, I would say it’s part of his character, but the other men do it too. The ladies had small roles. Even Paula, the police detective, is sexualized and made a victim throughout. One of the victims even gets her hands undone from Joe’s restraints and then, conveniently, gives up and lets the end come. So I was pretty disappointed in the use of the female characters all around.
For me, the end was unsatisfactory. There is no real justice. 2.5/5 stars.
The Narration: Tim Welch had an odd cadence to his narration. He put extra emphasis on a few words each sentence, like he was trying to add excitement or anticipation to each and every sentence. It was part old-time radio drama and part sports announcer. I got used to it and for some scenes, like the gory murder scenes, it made sense. I did like his voice over all for Joe. Welch tried to give each character their own voice, but they often blended together if 2 or more characters were talking together. His female voices could use more femininity. There were no technical issues with the recording. 3/5 stars.
I received a free copy of this book. My opinions are 100% my own.
More horror than plot
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one CRACKed story
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Don't do CRACK kids
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