Review of Cadaver
Island
By Kevin Rogers
Cadaver Island is a unique story in that it is both sci-fi
and horror intermingled together. It is Kevin’s first book and he does a more
than admirable job with his epic story about a cybernetic girl, her robot dog, the
Dr. who saved her life by transforming her into a cyborg as well as several other
pieces to the puzzle including her boyfriend who is being held captive by a
villain in the story.
But he is not the only villain involved. In this dystopian future
shown in ‘Cadaver’ there are several monsters of sorts seen running around
making life miserable for our heroes. Everything from blood hungry pterodactyls
to mysteriously reanimated dead former priests with vendettas against the living
come after our heroine and her compatriots.
It’s a roller coaster ride to be sure. But it’s not without
its bumps, as minor as they may be. Don’t get me wrong I liked this book quite
a bit, it’s still a five star read.
But there are a few things I was slightly put off by. The
use of the words ‘esophagus’ and ‘bile’
repeatedly and at least two occurrences of a character getting so nervous or
frightened that the phrase ‘urine sprayed out of his penis’ was used. I felt those were uncalled for myself.
The other minor complaint I had was that I felt the characters
were a bit too stiff around each other. Everyone seemed very prim and proper
and almost Victorian in the way they addressed one another. Now perhaps that is
what Kevin was going for, I don’t know, but it just seemed a bit unnatural to
me.
All in all though, this was a great adventure where the main
characters had danger and death breathing down their necks throughout most of
the book while they are on the run. It‘s just the first book in a trilogy and I
really look forward to the next two.
This is a great first effort and if you’re looking for a
dystopian horror/sci-fi book, this is the one to go for.
Five Stars
