A Prayer For Dawn Review

A common technique among avid readers who adore a specific page or passage, is to fold the page, copy the page number, mark some indication, some note to self to check that page for genuinely good writing. While reading A prayer for Dawn, i was semi-suprised that every other page or more was folded over on my copy. Sincere, brutal emotion documented on paper, the book gets your attention right from the start, with a man drenching walls of his apartment in his blood, mumbling to himself deliriously about how the "pigs" killed him. Screaming "You built the monster, now face the monster! I'm a walking living BIOHAZARD!" The book's dedication says a lot about the author, and how he looks at his generation, our generation, and the following. "For everyone who is lost in the storm" scrawled in small, italics on the third page. I hate to be cliche and say it was helpful through the generic teenage-I-swear-i'm-unique-i'm-so-much-more-mature-than-everyone-it-makes-me-depressed thing, but quite honestly it was. I took my time reading it, engulfing the whole story and the individual entries individually. Though i do adore the book, there are some things that made me quizzical, such as the fact that HOW the writing was written was never explained. The entries seemed to be a blog, or internet entry of some form, often many of them ended with a single word 'Click'. Though the question How, DID come across my mind fairly often in reference to the means of entry, in a way i think that made me like the book more.
The dialogue was like no other, Dalton, my absolute favorite character, had a way with speaking, so carelessly, so unique, so respectable. His self confident, assured attitude, his whole character, his mien, his mannerisms, it's completely genius.

Though i was not suprised that i would enjoy the book, I'd recently read 'Chasing The Wolf' by Nathan Singer, i was suprised that i enjoyed it so much. I may even go as far as to say that this is my favorite book, at least until he writes something new.
READIT!READIT!