
The Devil in Silver
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Victor LaValle
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Victor LaValle
Pepper is a rambunctious big man, and, suddenly, the surprised inmate of a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York. He's not mentally ill, but that doesn't seem to matter. On his first night, he's visited by a terrifying creature who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It's no delusion: The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down.
Pepper rallies three other inmates in a plot to fight back: Dorry, an octogenarian schizophrenic; Coffee, an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl. Battling the pill-pushing staff, one another, and their own minds, they try to kill the monster that's stalking them. But can the Devil die?
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This is a drama, I wanted a thriller/horror.
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A fine reboot of Cuckoo's Nest w/ monsters..
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satisfying, entertaining
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
Certainly it's a challenge to write a book that takes place in one setting alone. I got a little bored in there.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Premise is compelling - guy gets arrested and thrown into a mental hospital even though it seems everyone, himself, cops, doctors, knows he's not sick.The main conflict flatlines - man/beast patient terrorizes other patients.Did Victor LaValle do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes, very much so. It's an interesting story how he drew his characters, which LaValle speaks to in his acknowledgments and also talked about to Terry Gross on NPR.intriquing premise, so-so plotline
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Just beautiful
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Fantastic
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When I read something so powerful and haunting that it will stay with me the rest of my life, I have to give it five stars. The Devil in Silver is such a book.
It’s billed as a horror novel, but I don’t think that’s the right category for it. Readers who go in expecting thrills and spine tingles will probably feel misled. That said, much of the content of this novel chilled me to the core, but not because of the Devil character, although he is very scary and murders people.
The real terrifying element of this book is the abuse of patients on a psychiatric wing of an underfunded and understaffed public city hospital. I have no doubt that many of the things that happen to the characters in this book—such as being tied to a bed for weeks and being medicated into a comatose state for months on end without seeing a Doctor—are factual.
I heard a fascinating interview with the author on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, in which he said that he’s visited relatives and friends in mental hospitals many times. One of the patients in the book is based on a woman profiled in the New York Times, and I looked up and read that article too.
If you have any interest in mental illness or psychiatric treatment, I recommend this novel very highly.
If you are looking to read something that’s just a scary monster story, you might want to pass on this one.
Powerful
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On Appreciation
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Favorite contemporary author!
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A good book to listen too
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