The Tracker by John Hunt – Jen Med’s E book Evaluations

In the present day I’m sharing a evaluation of The Tracker by John Hunt. It’s slightly outdoors of my regular reads and one other of my Netgalley critiques that’s lengthy overdue. Right here’s what it’s all about:

Concerning the E book

Trapped in a twisted recreation of cat and mouse, Taylor should play by the foundations of the inhuman nightmare that’s searching him down — or else face a merciless and dire destiny… A pulse-pounding chiller!

Taylor is being hunted. A sinister shadow trails him taking part in a recreation of conceal and search. If Taylor is caught, a merciless demise awaits him. There are guidelines for this recreation. To interrupt them would imply dire penalties for Taylor and anybody near him. Taylor should outwit and outlast the fiend for forty-eight hours.

My Ideas

I’l confess this now. I’m undecided fairly why I requested this e-book. It’s not my regular sort of learn, though I did develop up on a weight loss plan of horror tales and ghostly tales, so it’s not completely out of my consolation zone both. As horror tales go, it’s not the darkest or scariest e-book I’ve learn, however as somebody who, in line with my mother and father’ watched my first horror film aged three, it takes loads to unnerve me. There are scenes that are slightly macabre, parts of the e-book which led to a blended response of ewww and teeheehee. I’m twisted that means. Nevertheless it was a narrative stuffed with intrigue and thriller, sufficient in order that it saved me turning the pages to the very finish, if solely to grasp why the titular character of The Tracker had chosen to focus on Taylor, and if our hapless hero would handle to get the most effective of the beast.

Nicely … to let you know the reply to that one would actually give an excessive amount of away. That is the story of Taylor, a younger man who, following the demise of his mom, begins to listen to unusual noises within the household dwelling. He’s sure there may be an intruder, although the police can discover no proof of 1. When the ‘intruder’ lastly makes themselves identified, it’s clear that that is no regular break and enter state of affairs, and that Taylor’s life is in very grave hazard. He has two decisions – go on the run and attempt to evade the Tracker for 48 hours, or sit and anticipate his life to be ended. However the place is the enjoyable within the latter? Not for the reader and positively not for the Tracker. Now there’s a twist right here too. A stong within the tail for those who like. Ought to taylor method anybody else for assist, they may face a sure, and really ugly, demise.

And he does. They usually do. It’s a few of these scenes that made the twisted reader in me chuckle, albeit while managing to emit a wholesome, balanced, ewww too. The Tracker will not be probably the most forgiving of killers. No on the spot demise and minimal struggling for many who meet their finish at their palms, that’s for positive. It’s not overly graphic, however graphic sufficient if you’re weak of disposition. In fact, it’s Taylor who will face the suspicion of the police, including one other layer of battle and rigidity to his already frantic makes an attempt to keep away from being caught. It additionally varieties fairly a key a part of the story by which the motivations of the tracker are uncovered with shocking impact.

I appreciated the extent of rigidity and the pacing of the e-book. As I say, it’s not the scariest of chiller thrillers I’ve even learn, however the characters have been partaking, and, regardless of the very fact he didn’t essentially come throughout as probably the most sympathetic of characters, I fairly appreciated Taylor. To some extent. He was decided regardless of his comprehensible worry, and there are issues we be taught that assist to endear him to us as readers. Once more, to a degree. If anybody, was probably the most partaking of characters, it was truly one of many law enforcement officials, Detective Owen Graham, who I used to be most drawn to. He has sympathy for Taylor’s plight, if not all the time in a position to consider his story. John Hunt has made him seem compassionate but additionally very centered. If solely his colleagues would belief his instincts slightly extra …

This was a special learn for me, a sort of cat and mouse recreation that’s tinged with the supernatural. So for those who like your mysteries on the lighter facet of darkish, with a contact of the macabre and the odd second of chilling rigidity, this could possibly be a learn for you.

Concerning the Writer

A busy father of 4 with a canine and cat, John Hunt lives and works in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He has had 9 quick tales printed in varied anthologies and is a member of the Horror Writers Affiliation. He’s the creator of Doll Home, The Tracker, Off The Grid, Homicide Run, the sequel to Doll Home, Olivia, the post-apocalyptic novella, Steadiness, and the quick story anthology, 4 Pictures of Horror. 

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