Ryan Prado, Book Reviewer

Book Review

The Nightmare Machine

by Ryan Prado

"The Nightmare Machine" is a revealing psychological thriller replete with deep introspective asides. The psychology of sacrifice, the power of self-preservation, and the uneven realms of dreams coalesce with action-packed results in Tim... Read More

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Where You Come From Is Gone

by Ryan Prado

Precise and vivid, "Where You Come From Is Gone" is a philosophical historical novel covering a rural family’s shifts to adapt to changing times. The intricacies of a livelihood and rural Midwestern family dynamics are explored on a... Read More

Book Review

The Country Under Heaven

by Ryan Prado

Dizzying visions haunt the otherwise delicate beauty of Frederic S. Durbin’s supernatural novel "The Country Under Heaven". Since surviving the Battle of Antietam, Ovid experiences the intrusion of premonitory shimmers. As he migrates... Read More

Book Review

An Unlikely Prospect

by Ryan Prado

Centering the dizzying misogyny of the postwar era, "An Unlikely Prospect" is a revealing historical novel. Postwar crimes lead a rookie publisher toward truth and justice in Shelley Blanton-Stroud’s novel "An Unlikely Prospect". At... Read More

Book Review

Our Winter Monster

by Ryan Prado

A couple experiences the futility and horror of trying to outrun their problems in Dennis Mahoney’s horror novel "Our Winter Monster". Holly and Brian rumble toward a ski resort to salvage their scattered partnership. A blizzard is on... Read More

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