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Suffer the Children

Tekijä: Craig Dilouie

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Fiction. Horror. Suspense. Thriller. Suffer the Children presents a terrifying tale of apocalyptic fiction, as listeners are introduced to Herod's Syndrome, a devastating illness that suddenly and swiftly kills all young children across the globe. Soon, they return from the grave, and ask for blood. And with blood, they stop being dead. They continue to remain the children they once were, but only for a short time, as they need more blood to live. The average human body holds ten pints of blood, so the inevitable question for parents everywhere becomes: how far would you go to bring your child back?… (lisätietoja)
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Craig DiLouie is not new to stories in which children are the victims of harrowing circumstances: from the rejected mutants in One of Us, to the child soldiers in Our War to the young members of a religious cult in The Children of Red Peak, he often places the ordeals of the younger generations at the heart of his stories. With Suffer the Children he does something different, though, because here the parents are the ones whose anguish and pain are front and center, even though their children are the ones who start as the victims.

The novel is written in the form of a chronicle of events focused on the outbreak of Herod’s Syndrome, an out-of-the-blue affliction targeting pre-pubescent children all over the world: the children are taken suddenly ill, first losing consciousness and then dying, with no apparent medical cause. As the story starts, it’s 24 hours before the onset of Herod, and the countdown marked as we meet the major players in the story sets the overall narrative tone, which is that of impending, unavoidable disaster.

Joan and her husband Doug are a couple who struggles a little in making ends meet: he works in the sanitation department and she keeps a small private child care, where her own two children, Nate and Megan, play with friends. Ramona is a single mother, very devoted to her son Josh, who is one of Joan’s kindergarten kids; David and Nadine, a doctor and his wife, are still battling with the aftermath of their son’s death; and then there is Shannon, one of David’s patients and a young expectant mother. All of them will be affected, each in their own way, by the onset of Herod, and the story is told through their unique points of view.

The world-wide tragedy has a devastating impact on society, not least because of the staggering amount of dead bodies that Herod left in its wake: the description of the hurried mass graves being excavated to deal with the situation and of the grief-stricken parents being unable to properly lay their children to rest is heart-rending, but it’s nothing when confronted with the shock of seeing those dead young people return to life just a few days after their demise. The parents whose children were buried or still waiting for burial see their offspring move toward home on their own power, and those whose kids were either cremated or subjected to autopsies are hit by a renewed wave of grief.

But the “miracle”, as inexplicable and frightening as it is, does not last long: after a while the children fall again into a comatose state, and it’s only a fortuitous accident that reveals how the ingestion of blood is the only way to insure a few hours of “life” in the resuscitated kids. And it’s here that civilization starts to unravel, because the children require constant amounts of blood to return to life, and parents’ and relatives’ donations can only go so far. At this point it’s not difficult to imagine how things move from bad to worse, all societal rules and mores subverted by the parents’ need to keep their children “alive” a few hours more - and that’s not all, since the kids seem to be changing, losing their sense of self together with their memories, and becoming somewhat feral. And given the way they are able to survive, it’s not difficult to imagine what ensues….

While reading, I often thought that Suffer the Children could be likened to the proverbial train wreck one observes, knowing that it’s going to be a devastating accident but unable to take one’s eyes away from it. That’s the way I felt throughout the novel: equally fascinated and appalled, sorrowful and terrified, and I have to admit that the main reason I was able to stay for the course was Craig DiLouie’s writing: distant, almost clinical, but at the same time able to convey the poor parents’ terrible dilemma of having to balance their own survival with that of their children. The descriptions of the symptoms of constant blood loss are relayed with scientific accuracy and tempered with the adults’ heart-wrenching joy in those handfuls of hours they are able to spend with their kids.

What made the impact of this story so intense for me was the realization that the progressive unraveling of our society, as described here in the aftermath of Herod’s passage, is all too believable, that civilization is, after all, only a thin layer covering our most feral instincts, our propensity to be homo homini lupus, given the right circumstances. And it’s a chillingly sobering realization.

Suffer the Children is not an easy read, and I know that some of my fellow bloggers will find it hard - if not impossible - to approach it, but if you can overcome that very understandable bias you will find a compellingly written story that is more than worth reading. ( )
  SpaceandSorcery | Dec 14, 2023 |
Easy, entertaining read.
The best I can say is that it delivers what it promised, an exercise in trying to answer the question: who far would you go for your kids, for your own? Although at times it tries too hard to do so.
Funny at times, corny at others. I began reading it because it was recommended as a terrifying read. It isn't. ( )
  icallithunger | May 9, 2023 |
I had fun reading/listening to this one. It reminded me of a fun, cheesy horror flick. Not super realistic but very enjoyable for a light read. Lots of blood and sort of a [b:Pet Sematary|33124137|Pet Sematary|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1480069533s/33124137.jpg|150017] vibe, except with kids.

I picked this one up from NetGalley quite a long time ago. There's much longer review at C-Spot Reviews (http://reviews.c-spot.net/archives/5764) if you're interested but this sums it up. ( )
  amcheri | Jan 5, 2023 |
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie is anything but your typical “vampire” novel, and I mean that in the best possible way. A genesis tale of sorts, I think there’s a lot of life left in this literary world. I hope the author continues and makes this a series because to say that this book had me glued to the pages would be an understatement.

Humanizing, logical, and emotional, Suffer the Children is every parent’s worst nightmare come to life. What if all of the children in the world simultaneously died, and it took blood sacrifice to get the shortest bit of time with them? The Herod’s Event has made this a worldwide reality, leaving each parent to decide how far they will go. As time goes on, the children are less and less human. Still, love is love.

A single parent, a married couple glued together by their children, and a doctor/nurse couple who lost their son before Herod’s are at the center of this outbreak tale. The author does an incredible job giving each of their lives critical meaning as he switches seamlessly between multiple points of view.

There are a thousand other scenarios that could have played out, but a book can only be so long. What the author writes is nothing short of well-researched, and oddly plausible. I mean that in the way The Purge seemed like an impossible idea, but both movies were incredibly realistic despite the far-fetched premise. Suffer the Children is the same. Once initial disbelief is suspended, everything else seems bone-chillingly logical. It’s the small things that make this book a horror standout for me. It doesn’t seem like much, but at one point in the book, one of the main characters is abducted. His captors all go by the name of “Smiley,” be it “Doctor Smiley,” or “Officer Smiley;” masked men who are startlingly homogenous. The scene resonates.

Highly recommended. This is the first book of Craig DiLouie’s that I have read, but it won’t be my last. An emphatic and rare five stars.
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  bfrisch | Dec 9, 2022 |
I had to write a review of this while it was fresh in my mind. I just finished listening to Craig DiLouie's Suffer the Children, and I think the best word to describe how I feel right now is horrified. I'm certain that was the intent of this dark story. Every parent out there knows that they'd do anything for their children. That protecting them is all that matters. But, what happens when the concept of "doing anything" for your children drastically changes? When the world turns upside down and suddenly your moral compass no longer points East? That, my friends, is what this book is about. This isn't a feel good story. It's dark. It's violent. It's disturbing on so very many levels.

Starting with what I liked, let's start with the concept of Herod's in the first place. I was impressed at how well Craig DiLouie laid out the deadly plague and explained why it was so sinister. The children, if that's what you want to call them, became real in my eyes. As their parents fought for their survival, for their own survival, I was actually invested in these characters. All I could keep doing while listening to this was wondering what I would do. What lengths I would go to. I felt so many emotions during this book. It took every little piece of empathy I had inside me, and wrung me out. Don't read this if you have an issue with the death of children, or with graphic violence. Trust me on this one.

For the most part, I also liked the pacing of Suffer the Children. I thought I knew what was coming around the bend, as the synopsis isn't exactly hiding anything, and still I managed to be surprised over and over again. Little things were revealed in perfect places. The general downfall of society, and the depravity that was taking its place, expertly laid out for the reader. Our main characters, the people who I started out feeling awful for, suddenly became something I was afraid of. It was sudden, and impressive. The one thing I had an issue with was that the ending felt oddly rushed. After the slow build up, the ending felt a little jarring. Expected, maybe. But jarring nonetheless.

So why the three star rating? There were points that dragged a bit, some awkward dialogue, and points where things didnt' quite match up. For me though, personally, this read was so tough. If you've followed me for any length of time, you'll know that I have a hard time reading about children in peril. This book ate at me. I found myself thinking about it even while I wasn't listening. I can't even really say I enjoyed the listen, so much as it was well done. Would I ever read this again? I think not. That being said, I still highly recommend others give this a shot. Just take into account what I mentioned above. ( )
  roses7184 | Feb 5, 2019 |
Näyttää 1-5 (yhteensä 24) (seuraava | näytä kaikki)
The premise of this chilling horror novel is a parent's worst nightmare: one day every child who has not gone through puberty simply dies.... the press calls the phenomenon Herod's Syndrome. But then, days later, the children return to life, merely climbing out of their mass graves The joy of the parents rapidly turns to confusion when they realize that the only thing that brings their kids fully to life is for them to ingest human blood. VERDICT: The ghoulish premise is given nuance by focusing on the reaction of ordinary parents both immediately pre-Herod's Syndrome and after the children return changed...as they ponder what lengths they might go to for their children's sake.
lisäsi Lemeritus | muokkaaLibrary Journal (maksullinen sivusto) (Apr 15, 2014)
 
A few honest chills breathe a bit of much-needed life into this apocalyptic horror novel, which otherwise relies on one-dimensional characters. DiLouie veers from his standard zombie fare to the most domestic question of how parent will react to children rising from the dead.... when their parents learn that the children must drink blood in order to stay alive, they enter a plodding cycle of needing blood, getting blood, and being horrified by their actions. Religious overtones and lots of gunplay will further limit the appeal of this disjointed nove.
lisäsi Lemeritus | muokkaaPublisher's Weekly (Mar 3, 2014)
 

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Fiction. Horror. Suspense. Thriller. Suffer the Children presents a terrifying tale of apocalyptic fiction, as listeners are introduced to Herod's Syndrome, a devastating illness that suddenly and swiftly kills all young children across the globe. Soon, they return from the grave, and ask for blood. And with blood, they stop being dead. They continue to remain the children they once were, but only for a short time, as they need more blood to live. The average human body holds ten pints of blood, so the inevitable question for parents everywhere becomes: how far would you go to bring your child back?

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