. [Miranda July] -- "Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. I was so stoked when I was approved to read an advanced copy of Dathan Auerbach's upcoming sophomore novel, "Somewhere in the distance, lightning lit the sky on fire, and it screamed in pain.". A decent setup leads to a disappointing read. In Miranda July’s first novel, “The First Bad Man,” the arrival of an interloper upends the life of a depressed and solitary woman. Despite my best efforts, after making it nearly halfway through this book I just could not bring myself to go on and had to DNF. I was not a huge fan of Penpal, but figured I would give Bad Man a shot for the Nightworms group read. We got this big lead up to it, Reggie's confession to Ben about it, Beverly was obviously tied to it, but other than Ben's chant, what role did it play in Eric's abduction? . . Bad Man [has] a marvelously dark and horrifically satisfying conclusion.”—Shelf Awareness"Bad Man will slowly but surely creep you out. . Bad Man. I could not get into this book. This is a horror author to watch very, very closely.”—Booklist“Dark and disturbing. poetic Margaret Atwood novel in motion. Start by marking “Bad Man” as Want to Read: Error rating book. . Ben can sense something is wrong with the store, or the employees, or even the townspeople… he knows he is on the right path. “Miranda July's exciting and wild novel The First Bad Man begins deeply, absurdly funny, gets increasingly twisted and strange, and then ends quietly, urgently heartfelt. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select. Ahhhhh.... frustrated, frustrated, and frustrated . Bad Man [has] a marvelously dark and horrifically satisfying conclusion.” —Shelf Awareness "Bad Man will slowly but surely creep you out. Because everyone is different and what I found to be boring and quite repetitive, someone else may fin. . “Orange Man Good” makes a great gift for any fan of President Trump. Years later, he takes a job at the scene of the vanishing and soon discovers a strangeness about the store. . It's not a tragedy. Eric disappeared when he was three years old. And then you’ll want to reread it, just to see how Dathan Auerbach did that. an incredible stand-alone masterpiece: a bone-chilling mystery that spans two centuries and four continents. .is a heady, puzzling, and oddly gripping exercise in depicting a small town as a macabre place filled with everyday horrors ranging from a child’s stuffed animal to a gruesome industrial accident. Bad Man delivers an unexpected gut punch and saves its darkest deeds for an unnerving end.” —USA Today “If you think The Shining set in a grocery store, you’re not far off. . • Laura Miller’s The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia is published by Little, Brown. Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. The First Bad Man is dazzling, disorienting, and unforgettable"-- Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Readers will be reminded of the young Stephen King.”—Publishers Weekly“This nasty little slice of Southern gothic. “Bad Man” is an atmospheric and unsettling novel, but not a perfect one. I enjoyed this book even more than Pen Pal and that’s saying something. A chilling and entertaining sophomore novel. Dathan Auerbach definitely excels with the creep factor, especially writing about terrible events involving children. After reading Auerbach’s other novel Pen Pal and loving it, I had very high expectations for this one and they were met and even surpassed! He surrounds his characters with grief, poverty, and suspicion, and therefore creates a perfect setting for this creepy tale that weaves real-life horror with a little something extra. Auerbach is magnificent with atmosphere, able to conjure dread from a huge array of normally nonthreatening places. I read for quite a bit & nothing ever happened that held my attention. Auerbach [keeps] readers on the edges of their seats for the whole ride.”—Kirkus Reviews“Auerbach vividly turns an innocent small-town Florida grocery store into the place where nightmares go to replenish themselves. . Each year, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. 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