Nicholas Day (3)

Book Title: At the End of the Day I Burst Into Flames
Author: Nicholas Day
Format: Paper Back

Book Title:
The title of the book is ‘At the End of the Day I Burst Into Flames’ is very mysterious and gripping.

Book Cover:
The cover of the book is an intense painting of a human skull in flames. The hands on the skull make the depiction more unsettling one. The cover page is the perfect illustration of the title and catchy.

Plot:
A horrifying story, beautifully narrated, plotted with various components like love, betrayal, pain, and mainly death. Love is a beautiful feeling that can change into a hideous way. One can never escape love and death. Death is the bitter truth of life neither can be changed or postponed. What if a person gets to know his end is nearby? What memories flash in his mind?

The protagonist of this story goes through the scenarios which no one could even envision in their nightmares. The ‘Firecracker’ plays as a protagonist in the story whereas the fire plays a crucial role in his life. Death is in his way and he knows when he is going to leave this earth with his heart enclosed with all the sweet and sour memories. The man’s heart burning with anger, pain, love and what not. He witnessed deaths in front of his eyes and he turned into a stone-hearted but the heart wants what it wants, the memories of his love life. The mysteries in his life kept him busy and finally when he met his death all the things looked insignificant.

What experiences did he have with his love life? What made him a stubborn guy who witnessed his near one's death? Was he scared that his final day and final moment is arriving? How did he welcome his death? Well, this book has a composition of all the emotions and feelings which makes it a brilliant and heart touching book.

What I like:
1. It will leave the readers awestruck at certain points and give you a horrific feeling which in turn change into an emotional feeling.
2. The protagonist’s journey to his final path and the emotions carried by him and his treasure of memories are very well narrated.
3. Certain scenes make you feel as if you are part of this story or experiencing the Firecracker's role.

What I didn’t like:
In particular, the book does not have any negative points. It is beautifully expressed by the author and readers will find it interesting and ignite their minds. Certain scenes will give goosebumps while reading and make the reader feel the pain and tension.

Narration:
The narration is very well and it will grab your attention until you finish the book. It is so real that you can experience the feelings of the characters in the story. The Nicholas has taken the utmost care in narrating the story and leave the readers in a breath-taking world of Firecracker.

Language & Grammar:
A clear language with neat and uncomplicated grammar is used in the book

My Final Verdict:
A heartwrenching, beautiful and awesome book which touches our soul and keep us on the edge of the seat and makes us read the book at one go. A book, where love and death play a major role and they make the story an astounding one.

Book Title: 5/5
Book Cover:5/5
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Narration: 5/5
Language & Grammar: 5/5
Final Rating: 5/5… (plus d'informations)

GRIND YOUR BONES TO DUST is a beautifully written, brutal horror novel, but it's also much more.

Separated into 4 sections, this book delves into creature feature territory, as well as philosophy, (does God exist? Is God insane? Maybe both, maybe neither?), religion, grief, loss, rape, sodomy, guilt and love. I wouldn't have thought that such a short book could cover so many subjects, but this one was full of surprises. Vicious and extreme horror really aren't my thing anymore, but this story was different. I think the beauty of the language used tempered the more brutal aspects of the scenes within, if that makes any sense.

Just when I thought I had mapped out the direction in which the story would go, it turned on me. I find that to be an excellent way of keeping the reader turning the pages. It certainly worked on me.

I'm finding it difficult to talk more about this story without spoilers. A few of these characters will remain in my mind for quite some time. One of them might haunt me forever, just because of how cold he was. Cold to every living thing, except for a talking raven that he befriended on his journey. He was so cold I'm surprised my fingers didn't get frostbite.

I consider myself to be a seasoned horror fan. For that reason, it's hard to discover plots I haven't come across before. It's hard to escape the same old tropes, final girls, haunted houses, unreliable narrators blah blah blah. This book DID escape them, and it escaped by using original ideas, beautiful prose, and by intertwining the normal with the most abnormal of situations I've ever come across. For this reason, GRIND YOUR BONES TO DUST gets ALL THE DAMN STARS.

My highest recommendation!

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*I was provided a full paper manuscript with illustrations by the author, in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*… (plus d'informations)