It Doesn't Give Anything Back by Jacob Steven Mohr

D&T Publishing LLC & Godless Emerge #10

Rating: ★★★★★

Genre: Horror

Format: eBook

Pages: 30

Read: 10/22/22

Synopsis:

Grief takes many forms. When a gruesome carcass washes up during a broken family's beach vacation, a father and son must confront both heartbreaking loss and unspeakable evil. 

Review: 

“I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED in evil.”

Sloan Rand and his son Will are grieving. Too soon have they lost a wife and mother. But Sloan is not only grieving, he is angry for he believes the world has taken her on purpose. Sloan and Will go on a vacation at their beach house to spend some quality time together and mark the two year date of their loss. They are forced to face their grief, but more is happening and their reality turns into facing something evil. 

“It doesn’t give anything back,” she said. “Never, ever. Hold onto him. It won’t give him back once it gets him, it’ll never give him back…”

Sloan and Will are characters that are so easy to connect with as we have all felt the heaviness of grief. They are doing thier best to navigate life and move forward, but when confronted with an evil, more loss becomes their new reality. The darkness gets inside and consumes them. The descriptive imagery is captivating. You can almost hear the crashing waves and smell the ocean. The sadness and grief portrayed is so dreadfully heavy. The ending is heartbreaking. This is not a happy story, but it is beautifully written and pulls on the threads of your heart and soul.

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