If it moves away from you, it's food.
If it moves towards you, you're food.
I picked up a sampler of Weepers by Nick Chiarkas at Madison Author Daze back in June (and didn't get around to reading it until recently because my brain has decided to prioritize YouTube above all else). I had a chance to speak to Nick at the event, and between his pitch and the back of the book, he convinced me that this story would be worth my time. Here's the blurb on the back of the book for you:
The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before.
The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his way to seek his own revenge in the early morning hours. The killers know he saw them.
A series of gripping events forge a union between a priest, a Mafia boss, a police detective, and Angelo, a gang member. In the end, Weepers shows us that the courage of the underdog - despite fear and moral ambiguity - will conquer intimidation.
Sounds fascinating right? What caught me the most was the part about Angelo's revenge and how the killers saw him. I'm curious to know what he's taking revenge for - perhaps his dad's disappearance? - and how it put him in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Unfortunately, the first chapter of Weepers barely touches the events foreshadowed in the blurb. The author shows us the night of Angelo's father's disappearance. It's told through Angelo's seven-year-old eyes and does a great job of capturing his young mind. Angelo's fear is captured well, but other than that, the chapter is kind of boring. I think that an added sense of urgency and more panic on Angelo's part could help to ramp up the pacing and turn the chapter into the thrilling story that the blurb promises.
So does this make me want to read the rest? Kind of. What keeps me intrigued comes from the blurb, not the chapter. If I went by just what I read of the story, I probably wouldn't keep reading. I've read plenty of books about missing people, even a few about mysterious vanishing people. Weepers doesn't stand out from them enough to keep me going. It's just a missing persons case, and I already have an idea of how that will end.
Sorry Weepers.
If you are interested in reading this mystery-thriller, you can find it on Amazon or check out some of Nick's other projects at www.nickchiarkas.com.
If it moves towards you, you're food.
I picked up a sampler of Weepers by Nick Chiarkas at Madison Author Daze back in June (and didn't get around to reading it until recently because my brain has decided to prioritize YouTube above all else). I had a chance to speak to Nick at the event, and between his pitch and the back of the book, he convinced me that this story would be worth my time. Here's the blurb on the back of the book for you:
The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before.
The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his way to seek his own revenge in the early morning hours. The killers know he saw them.
A series of gripping events forge a union between a priest, a Mafia boss, a police detective, and Angelo, a gang member. In the end, Weepers shows us that the courage of the underdog - despite fear and moral ambiguity - will conquer intimidation.
Sounds fascinating right? What caught me the most was the part about Angelo's revenge and how the killers saw him. I'm curious to know what he's taking revenge for - perhaps his dad's disappearance? - and how it put him in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Unfortunately, the first chapter of Weepers barely touches the events foreshadowed in the blurb. The author shows us the night of Angelo's father's disappearance. It's told through Angelo's seven-year-old eyes and does a great job of capturing his young mind. Angelo's fear is captured well, but other than that, the chapter is kind of boring. I think that an added sense of urgency and more panic on Angelo's part could help to ramp up the pacing and turn the chapter into the thrilling story that the blurb promises.
So does this make me want to read the rest? Kind of. What keeps me intrigued comes from the blurb, not the chapter. If I went by just what I read of the story, I probably wouldn't keep reading. I've read plenty of books about missing people, even a few about mysterious vanishing people. Weepers doesn't stand out from them enough to keep me going. It's just a missing persons case, and I already have an idea of how that will end.
Sorry Weepers.
If you are interested in reading this mystery-thriller, you can find it on Amazon or check out some of Nick's other projects at www.nickchiarkas.com.
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