4 stars

Jay is such a great author, and this book is just another reflection of that. He wrote such a vivid and dark and emotional story with Ignore the Dead. His writing just sucks you in and flows so smoothly, that you’ll find you’ve finished the book before you intended.

This is amazing. What starts out as bleak, morphs into something stranger. I highly recommend this book as an entry to this author's work.

What started as something I was very excited for quickly became boring and leaving me hoping the ending came soon. The first few pages were amazing and then I just felt like everything started to fall flat for me as I continued reading.

Thank you so much for being able to read this book, Netgalley. This book was alright. I liked it. Thank you again.

This was my first book by Jay Sizemore and I’ve absolutely enjoyed it. His prose flows so well but the imagery sticks with you long after. This is a fairly bleak book but I blew thru reading this.

I did feel some of the connections weren’t fleshed out as much as I’d have liked. The Walmart bit (while wholly accurate) felt a little disjointed at times. I’m also super glad I read this on my kindle as its greatly expanded my vocabulary.

Overall, this is definitely an author to watch in the future.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Just a few years after his wife has died of cancer, the protagonist is in the very same doctor's office being told that he has cancer and a very limited time to live. He knows what's coming and how horrific it will be. What he doesn't know is that there will be a way to beat the cancer, but at a terrible cost. This book is truly horrific and devastating.

Well, damn. This horrifying book kind of came from nowhere and completely embraced me in its dark twisted grip. And now that I've finished reading it, I think I need to binge watch 30 Rock to claw my way back to the light.

This novel is bleak is what I'm trying to say. A story about a person with cancer is sad enough. But add to it a cure that comes with the most terrifying consequences and you might struggle to think happy thoughts for awhile.

But it's also one of those books that you can't put down, snuggling up to the darkness like an old favourite pair blanket. Because, make no mistake, Jay Sizemore knows how to tell a story, keep your solid attention, and frighten you the entire time while (I imagine) he cackles with evil laughter at the emotional trauma he's putting you through!

When Rich, a fifty five year old man, finds out he has terminal cancer just five years after his wife died of the same thing, he's about to just unalive himself and spare himself the pain and degradation.

Until he gets a phone call from a stranger who tells him there's a cure, guaranteed, and that they should meet and have a talk before Rich does the unthinkable. So they do.

And that's where this novel cranks the horror to eleven. Just because this IS a cure, there's a heavy price to pay. I don't want to give away what this cure is or how it works because I absolutely loved discovering that on my own as I'm sure you will.

But it's going to get weird. And then even more weird. Along the way, the author's prose will dig deep into philosophical and metaphysical thoughts and discussions as they relate to Rich's condition and what he's experiencing. These provide an outlook that provides no hope for humanity or what lies beyond and serves as the frosting on the existential dread cake.

You might think that I'm complaining about this book but I am not. I'm just saying that it didn't put me in a happy place and I'm sure it won't do that for you either. But it's so well written and so morbidly terrifying that I think it's a must read book. Books should make you feel SOMETHING and it shouldn't always be joy, happiness, or glad tidings.

I highly recommend this book.