review 1: Nate Kenyon's SPARROW ROCK grips readers from the very beginning and throws them into the mix of this post-apocalyptic scene with six teenagers, who supposedly lucked out being in a bomb shelter when the world exploded around them. The horror is spine-tingling and creepy with deadly engineered insects rising out of the ash. SPARROW ROCK is definitely not for the faint of heart. Told through Pete's view point, the novels entwines the reader into the conspiracy of why this is happening to these teenagers. The novel is reminiscent of Stephen King's work as well as a psychological play on par with Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES. Mr. Kenyon had me at the very beginning of the novel, and I had a hard time putting it down from the first sentence on. At times, SPARROW ROCK bordered u... morepon the gross and disgusting, and I loved every minute of it. It's definitely a horror novel worth reading, and I look forward to reading more of Mr. Kenyon's work in the future. review 2: A four star book for the first 3/4ths of it. Then you find out the how's and why's of the nuclear war and your are left underwhelmed, at least I was. Also, the main character has a back story that I found a tad annoying. He has serious family issues from his childhood and it just doesn't seem to fit into this story. You want to read about the bombs, and the survival, and the struggle of these people, but there is this other plot thread that just won't go away. It doesn't kill the book by any means, but I don't think it was necessary. less
