Lots of gore, but please, no more drooling. A Review of Manhunt

 I'd like to add something before I copy my Netgalley review here. On Goodreads, more than 100 people have given Manhunt a one-star rating without having read the book. I know hundreds of people haven't read the book because it's not released until next year. Why are they giving poor reviews? Because the book's characters are mainly trans women and men. The world is full of all kinds of people. Being angry that people exist never got anybody anywhere. It's unfair to give a book, one that the author put years of work into, a poor review solely because there are LGBT characters.

As Oscar Wilde said, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are either well-written or badly written. That is all."

After getting that off my chest, here is my review:

Manhunt has never ending violence and sex. It would make a good action movie. For my tastes, I'd like a few calming interludes, maybe a witty sidekick, but for nonstop movement and the kind of gore one gets from man/monster/flesh-eating/walking-on-all-fours creatures, it's well written. Most of the characters besides the doctor, Indi, are heartless, even love-making was brutal and inhumane (lots of spitting at lovers) but eventually the main characters' humanity shows through. This may seem like wimping out, but until they show that they can care about someone else, it was difficult to like anybody but the doctor. The villains are suitably evil,

Lots goes on, from hunting diseased, vicious men to working in a spoiled and ruthless billionaire's bunker to a final showdown with the brutal Legion. Yes, Manhunt is grim, but most horror readers aren't looking for cuddles. Except for me--I like cuddly horror. In the book I dealt okay with the shooting, the arrows, the stabbings, the explosions, the flesh-eating, but every time someone spit or drooled I was all gag, gag, gag. I'm funny that way.

Hollywood should come calling for this one. It's action and adventure all the way. They can leave out the drooling, though.

Thanks to Netgalley and Nightfire for allowing me to read an eARC in return for an honest review.