Just absolutely bonkers entertainment. If the title doesnt sell you, idk what to tell you. This was a fun, but definitely not amazing read. I enjoyed myself but it was more of a "lets see how fun this is" type of read. It did not disapoint. 3/5.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this arc.
This was such a bizarre book and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

Just wow - more an experience than a book. Clear your calendar, you won't be able to stop, and this book will haunt you after. True evil, the stuff of nightmares - graphic and real, you can feel it. One of the best books I've read, ever.

This wasn’t for me. The premise sounded great, right up my alley. But the execution didn’t work out. Lots of odd things going on like an adult man talking about the “perky little butt” of a teen.

This book wasn't what I expected after I read the description. But I liked the way the author was able to weave the story that has several moving parts.

Quality read if at times a little long in the tooth, The Traveler And The Chicken Man is a story of a small holiday town in the grips of a terrible event, along with all the old ghosts and new revelations that stir up in its wake. Front and center of the haunting is reformed convict Jack Ross, proprietor of a road/lakeside burger shack preparing for the summer rush amid a deteriorating situation with his parents, some conflicting love interests, and a cadre of a powerful family who just aren't willing to forgive and move on from what happened in the past. When several murders begin happening in town, it seems that Jack may be responsible, or may be a target, depending on just who you ask. At times, it is funny, especially when dealing with Jack's luck, or lack thereof, in dealing with his love life, a real comedy of errors, especially facing these situations in front of his over exuberant teenage employee, or the endless jockeying between law enforcement agencies. At others, it is rather dark, while not being overly grisly, the fate of some of the victims is disturbing to read, especially as it is told from their perspective.

Some of it is predictable, though that isn't really a sin or something to hold against the book, and some of it is an odd choice, a personal opinion regarding a plot development in the last fifth of the book or so, but regardless, the author does an outstanding job of setting up the pins and knocking them down. Ultimately it was an enjoyable book, and more than that, when I was stepping away I still found myself thinking about what I had read in it; chapters, decisions, possibilities. I think that makes it better than any perceived flaws it might have, I'll remember reading this and specific parts of it for a long time. I'd recommend it!