{"id":9347,"date":"2022-10-11T20:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T00:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=9347"},"modified":"2022-10-11T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T00:44:10","slug":"bad-vibrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/bad-vibrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Bad Vibrations by Lucy Leitner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bad Vibrations <\/i><\/span>by Lucy Leitner\u00a0
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Blood Bound Books, Oct. \u00a02022<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASIN: B0BB86Y3G7<\/span><\/p>\n

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Available: Kindle edition (pre-order)\u00a0<\/span>( Amazon.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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Bad Vibrations<\/i><\/span> is a wonderfully crazy, somewhat satirical look at a cult of health-crazed nuts that take it to extremes, and how the folks of rural Pennsylvania react to them. \u00a0It’s messy at times, and will make you laugh out loud at others. \u00a0This book takes the “crazy cult” plot to a whole new level, and does it in slam-bang fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poor Valerie! \u00a0She’s a nice young lady with a decent life and career, but she feels like she just <\/span>isn’t<\/span> reaching her true potential. \u00a0Like many, she turns to the Internet for help and falls under the spell of Doctor, another self-help\/health guru, who promises his followers to unlock the secret of “energy” in their lives. \u00a0Valerie goes to the group’s compound for a weekend stay, but unfortunately, the local residents (who hate those damn health nut hippies) show up also. \u00a0As you might guess, all hell breaks loose. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part 1 of the book details Valerie and her introduction to the group, and that’s where most of the satire and humor is. \u00a0The group’s methods are truly hilarious. \u00a0Mastering that “energy” consists of things like hula hooping while bouncing on a trampoline, screaming sessions, sex with whoever is around, and the most important part\u2026 drinking each other’s blood each evening. \u00a0No wonder the locals call them vampires! \u00a0It’s highly entertaining, especially reading how the “healthies” insult strangers. \u00a0“You have so many free radicals it’s like your body just liberated a gulag!” \u00a0“Your vitamin D levels are so low they’re hanging out with you!” \u00a0That part alone is enough to justify the price of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part 2 is the action section, and that’s where the author puts the pedal through the floorboard. \u00a0Carnage abounds as tensions between the locals and “vampires” reach the breaking point, and it becomes a big mess of bullets, blades, bows, and flammable liquids. \u00a0Valerie has to decide who to side with: does she truly believe Doctor and his teachings, or is everybody but her truly nuts? \u00a0It’s non-stop excitement right up to the last page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bottom line: it’s nice to have a book that makes the old “psychotic cult” fiction trope interesting again, and <\/span>Bad Vibrations <\/i><\/span>does exactly that, it’s a thrilling satire that horror readers should flock to. \u00a0Recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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