this read more like the skeleton of a concept than a fleshed out story with defined characters and motivated actions, the gruesome aspects of the book are great but at no point during the story did it feel like it knew where it was going. the overtly descriptive text — which i wouldn't generally mind if it didn't seem to have been written by throwing darts at a thesaurus — distracted me more than it helped me get immersed in the story. i wasn't a fan of nothing but blackened teeth either so maybe i'm just not the right audience for this author.