Peaceable Kingdom
by Jack Ketchum
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Author: Jack KetchumEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08
ISBN: 0843952164
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Book Review: A portrait of diversity (or is it inconsistency?)
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the things I've noticed about Ketchum as I've started to read his work is how diverse it is - or, as Ketchum puts it in the introduction to Kingdom, "inconsistent." Although he tends to be brutal, and favor human horror over supernatural, apart from that, his tones, themes, and subject matters tend to vary wildly, and Peaceable Kingdom, which is a collection of 30+ short stories, illustrates that fact quite well. What it also shows, though, is just how effective Ketchum can be, even in just a few short pages. As with any short story collection, there are hits and misses, but some of the pieces here are absolute knockouts. "The Visitor," for example, is one of the more moving zombie horror stories I've ever read, while "Firedance" becomes something wholly unexpected for Ketchum, and provides a thoughtful ending for the collection. Meanwhile, pieces like "To Suit the Crime" are as cold and chilling as anything he's ever written, and "The Great San Diego Sleazy Bimbo Massacre" shows that the man has a knack for comedy, black though it might be. Like I said, there are some misses here - "Among the Walking Wounded" starts great but never coalesces, "If Memory Serves" builds to a non-sequitur ending that tanks the story before it, "Closing Time" needs focus - but it's a nice sample of Ketchum's stuff, and the best work here is intense, horrifying stuff. It's not Red (still my favorite work of his I've read), but it's definitely a cut above a lot of current horror writers.
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