The Blue Blazes (Mookie Pearl Book 1), by Chuck Wendig
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Meet Mookie Pearl. Criminal underworld? He runs in it. Supernatural underworld? He hunts in it. Nothing stops Mookie when he's on the job. But when his daughter takes up arms and opposes him, something's gotta give...
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- Published on: 2015-10-23
- Released on: 2015-10-23
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful. Monsters. Roller Girl Gangs. Cool Drugs. Sublimely written. Yep, it's perfect. By T. Sparks So you might have guessed by now that I loved The Blue Blazes. I guess I could stop right here and say "Just read the damn thing, already!" But since I'm already typing away, I guess I'll tell you why I love this book, and why this ought to be a primer that every aspiring author should read, an awesome example of what a well-written, well-paced story should look like. Some of you may have read this book, and maybe you didn't love it the way I did. You might be thinking to yourself, "I don't get it. What did she see in this book that I didn't?" Reading is a personal experience. Not everyone will connect with this book the way I did. But in this review I want to talk about the awesome things that Chuck Wendig did that can't be disputed. There are mad skills involved here, people. And I'm going to tell you about them.The story is very complex, but I'll try and give you a short synopsis: The setting is New York City, probably in the present day. Mookie Pearl is a hulking badass with a cleaver who works for the Organization, a suspect group of men who control the trade of a mystical drug called Blue, a powder derived from a mineral known as Cerulean that is mined in the tunnels far below the streets of New York. Mookie knows the truth about what really lurks below, since Blue opens the inner eye of those who use it, allowing them to see the monsters that sometimes come up through the tunnels from The Great Below.But Mookie's got problems. His grownup daughter Nora hates him and is trying to sabotage his business. (Plus, she wants him dead.) He hasn't talked to his ex-wife Jess in who knows how long. And he just found out that the Boss, the guy who runs the Organization, is dying of cancer and only has six months to live. He's named his grandson Casimir as his successor, but Casimir isn't thrilled about taking over. And so he asks Mookie to find the elusive (and probably non-existent) drug called Death's Head that might be able to cure the Boss. So begins Mookie's journey into the Great Below to search for Death's Head. But a series of unexpected events changes his plans, and Mookie must work with a motley group of gang members, drug addicts, and even his hateful daughter Nora in order to prevent the city from being taken over by the denizens from Below.Here's why I loved this book:The characters. This story has some of the best female characters I've ever run across. Let's start with Nora. I hated her in the beginning, because not only is she trying to double cross her father, but she poisons him in the first chapter! OK, so the poison only puts you to sleep, but still. She's a pretty rotten girl. But then, later on, she isn't all that rotten after all. She evolves. Wendig makes you hate her in the beginning, but by the end of the book, you feel for her. Another of my favorite characters is Skelly, a member of the girl-gang the Get-Em-Girls.Skelly is like many of Wendig's characters: tough, brave and kick ass on the outside, but soft and squishy on the inside. She and Mookie have quite the adventure together, and I loved every scene she was in.And Mookie. What can I say? He's a grumpy, sad and angry man who loves his daughter despite how nasty she is. But he has a heart of gold, and he'll do anything to save the people he loves.The world-building. This isn't the first story I've read about an underworld that lies beneath us and is straining to make its way out (hello, Buffy!! Hellmouth!!) But the New York setting adds a gritty quality to the story that would be lost in any other city. Wendig's detailed yet spare descriptions brought this world to life, from the dark tunnels filled with horrible monsters, to the town of Daisypusher where the dead hang out, to the deepest reaches of Hell, the Ravenous Expanse.My favorite world-building element, however, has to be the drugs. In addition to the Blue Blazes, there are four other drugs that make up the Five Occulted Pigments, and they may or may not exist.The writing. Chuck Wendig has a way with words. I honestly think if I were to read passages of The Blue Blazes out loud, flowers would bloom at my feet. He's got the best similes ever, and each one is better than the last. Not every reader will like his writing sytle--he uses lots of short, incomplete sentences--but in a story filled with graphic violence and death, his oftentimes beautiful prose is like a balm on a nasty burn.The pacing. Wendig does several smart things to keep things racing along. First, he sends Mookie on a journey to locate Death's Head. But along the way, Mookie gets sidetracked, and each new discovery leads him to another level of Hell, another secret hide-out, or another person who needs saving. His mission is still the same, but Wendig's added many more layers to it. He also fills in some of the world-building gaps by adding journal entries from a man named John Atticus Oakes at the beginning of each chapter. These short passages often mirror what Mookie and his friends are about to confront, and they give more insight into the mysterious world of Below.The emotional punch. Mr. Wendig tore out my heart and stomped on it. He made me hate characters, and then somehow made me love them. He promised things, then took them away. At the end of the book I felt as if I had been pummeled by the beefy fists of Mookie himself. It was an exhausting story, and yet I felt giddy at the end. And he just keeps things coming. You think the characters are out of danger, but then they're not. And so it begins again. The end was heartbreaking, and yes, there will be a sequel.The Blue Blazes is like a cabinet full of wonders--dark, damaged and twisted wonders--where the action never stops, the characters are always in danger, the writing is sublime, and emotions run high. Read this book. You won't regret it.Many thanks to the publisher for supplying a review copy.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful. Blue Blazes review by Melanie from The Qwillery By Amazon Customer You can read the review herehttp://qwillery.blogspot.co.uk/2013/0...The Blue Blazes is set in modern day New York but New York with a twist, a big, dark, evil twist. The evil that once lived below the earth's surface now roams freely on the streets. When excavations of the bowels of the earth bring every scary thing that ever went bump in the night to the surface, they also uncover Cerulean, or Blue Blazes. This highly addictive drug makes people stronger, fiercer and able to see things for what they really are. The story is that of Mookie Pearl, a one man killing machine. He is a brute of a man working for one of the city's many gangs. He helps keep the goblin population under control, amongst more nefarious things. Needless to say, our hero, Mookie, is an addict as is his daughter, Nora, aka Persephone. Nora is out to punish her Dad and takes him and the reader on a wild but deadly goose chase across the city.So what do I think of The Blue Blazes? Do I think it is a superbly written, harrowing story of a father's love for his daughter? Yes I do. Do I think that Wendig is a master craftsman when it comes to dialogue and characterisation? Yes I do. Do I feel that Wendig pushes the boundaries, not just for characters but also for the reader? Yes I do. But did I enjoy The Blue Blazes? No I didn't. I have read Wendig's other books including both of the Miriam Black books and Double Dead. While I found his lead characters unlikable, there was still something about them, something desperate to do the right thing, that had me cheering them on from early in the story. I felt none of this for Mookie or his daughter Nora. They were both completely selfish and showed little regard for anything and anyone around them. Even a hint of redemption towards the end was not enough to sway me toward their corner. It wasn't until almost 3/4 of the way into the book that I became sufficiently gripped with the plot to not want to put the book down. In true Wendig style, the ending is a complete roller coaster to hell and back of action and mayhem.Despite not finding this a completely palatable read, I would still recommend The Blue Blazes. It's important as a reader to be challenged and that is certainly the case with this book. Wendig doesn't pull any punches, especially for his characters. I have said that both of the Miriam Black books were not for the faint hearted, and with The Blue Blazes I think I would have to say the same - but times 10 (possibly x100). If you are looking for something well written and verging towards horror, then I urge you to read The Blue Blazes. I would advise not to read too close to bedtime, however, without checking under the bed a few times first!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Neverwhere meets the Mob By Escapist Reads REVIEW COURTESY OF ALL THINGS URBAN FANTASYEvery once in awhile you come across a book that hits every sweet spot you have when it comes to fiction. THE BLUE BLAZES by Chuck Wendig is such a book.Seriously, folks, this book has everything I love. Mobsters! Monsters! Violence! Gratuitous swearing! In all honesty I'm certain that Wendig wrote this book especially for me. From page one to the very end I enjoyed every single word. Between THE BLUE BLAZES and TRICKSTER, 2013 is becoming an excellent year for gritty, awesome urban fantasy.Oh, yeah, so what's it about, you ask? The book centers (for the most part) on Mookie Pearl. Mookie works for the Organization. They're ones that control the supply of the titular "Blue Blazes" - a drug that gives you increased strength, endurance and the ability to see the denizens of the Underworld.In the first few chapters we find out that Mookie's daughter Nora has also been getting involved in the criminal underworld and that the Boss of the Organization is dying of cancer. The Boss tasks Mookie with finding the mythical drug known as Death's Head or The Purple. This one is believed to cure everything and quite possibly bring the dead back to life. This sets of a story that moves at break-neck speed as Mookie finds himself in the caverns and tunnels below New York as he searches for the Death's Head. He'll fight goblins, ghosts and a multitude of other creatures.The world of THE BLUE BLAZES is fantastic - think Neil Gaiman's NEVERWHERE written as a mob book - and as Wendig slowly reveals more and more of the demonic underbelly of New York you can't help but go along for the ride. At turns creepy and horrifying (but always entertaining), THE BLUE BLAZES is a must-read. I'm kicking myself for not checking out Wendig's work before now. Don't make the same mistake I did
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