The Mouth of the Dark was an imaginative, enjoyable, super pervy story whose pages flew. This guy sits and stews in them for too long. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he’s a pedophile but he sure does have some pervy thoughts that I think most dads would scrub from their brains as soon as they hit. Also, the main dude has some major mommy issues (which were expertly explained near the end) and some weird thoughts about his daughter and her sexuality that made me feel pretty uncomfortable in a bad way while reading. I thought that was a nice bonus but be warned if you’re not into reading about weird sex because there’s quite a bit of it here. There are a lot of sexual hijinks in this one featuring otherworldly sex toys. It’s the storyline that carries you along as the characters are put into one bizarre situation after another. They’re not assholes but there isn’t a lot to like about them either. This isn’t a book where you’re going to fall in love or even feel much compassion for the characters. I loved that it wasn’t afraid to peek into the dark, twisted corners and slam your face into them.

It didn’t scare me but it’s not really that kind of book.

I enjoyed this book for its unpredictable over the top strangeness. He heads straight into the madness and grossness and batshit craziness. He isn’t at all prepared for all of the weirdness that assaults him but he takes the hits as they come in a stumbling, hapless sort of way and doesn’t run screaming the other way as most other sane people would do.

He finds a strange otherworld filled with bizarre sex toys and malformed people and a scary being called The Harvest Man. He’s sure something nefarious is up and boy is he ever right. He makes it his mission to find her or at least to find out what happened to her. Some of us were horrified, some maybe scandalized but I think there were a few who were a little tantalized though they’ll probably never admit it, haha.Īt any rate, this is a story about a man named Jayce who realizes his grown daughter has gone missing. I read this book with a group of blogging buddies and the main theme of our chat seemed to be WTF. Where does one start with a crazy book like this one? I honestly don’t know where to begin so I’ll just start typing and see what happens.

The Mouth of the Dark by Tim Waggoner