Ben is a loner and a misfit, never having freed himself from the dread and horror of that terrible day long ago. Only the disappearance and the devastating emotional impact do happen, sending Ben into a spiral of self-loathing and guilt as the narrative resumes five years after Eric goes missing. As his 15-year-old brother and caretaker Ben begins his panicked search, the narrator suggests the impending doom of the story: “This was a dream. While the first several pages of the book feature the good-natured camaraderie and humor of two brothers who genuinely care for and love one another, the rest of the novel dives deeply into existential gloom and psychological terror once Eric vanishes. Not once does Dathan Auerbach’s Bad Man back down from what essentially is a bleak, somber, and terrifying story: the sudden disappearance of a child from a convenience store and the devastating toll that this tragic event has on his loved ones. The mysterious disappearance of a little boy casts a moody, horrific gloom over Dathan Auerbach’s latest horror novel “Bad Man”.
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