{"id":12266,"date":"2018-10-12T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=12266"},"modified":"2018-10-08T23:34:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:34:12","slug":"review-episodes-of-violence-by-david-bernstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-episodes-of-violence-by-david-bernstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Episodes of Violence by David Bernstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-episodes-of-violence-by-david-bernstein\/episodes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/episodes.jpg?fit=316%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"316,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"episodes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/episodes.jpg?fit=316%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/episodes-233x350.jpg?resize=233%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/episodes.jpg?resize=233%2C350&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/episodes.jpg?w=316&amp;ssl=1 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Episodes-Violence-David-Bernstein\/dp\/1944044612\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537148232&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=episodes+of+violence+bernstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Episodes of Violence\u00a0<\/em>by David Bernstein<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Sinister Grin Press (October 2017)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>276 pages; $16.99 hardcover; $5.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanreitan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Reitan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think you\u2019re ready for some of the most brutal, sadistic and in-your-face violent horror that you\u2019ve ever read, then continue reading this review and go ahead and add <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episodes of Violence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your shopping cart. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Bernstein\u2019s late Fall 2017 release introduces us to three deeply disturbing characters: Sage, her boyfriend Daemon, and their friend Bobby. The trio\u2019s pastime of smashing mailboxes isn\u2019t enough for them. Their need for even more violent acts leads to their first kill. The sadistic rush they get from it only leads to even more brutal murderous acts, both of revenge and of random slayings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The killers&#8217; savage spree of murders eventually leads them to the killing of a boy who happens to be the brother of Amber, a young lady who\u2019s already out for vengeance after being raped at a college sorority party and left victimized by the very people she thought would help and defend her. When Amber finds the video proof of her brother&#8217;s killing, she is able to seek out the three murderers and release the darkness that has been building inside her by dishing out an epic level of revenge on them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episodes of Violence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is certainly not for the faint of heart, the level of gore, ruthless violence and disturbing imagery will make the skin crawl of most readers. If you\u2019re a fan of Edward Lee, Richard Laymon and Wrath James White, you\u2019ll be right at home with the writing of David Bernstein &#8212; in fact, he could very well be the love child of the three masters of hardcore horror. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episodes of Violence <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is fast, raw and vulgar, the kind of book meant to be read with loud heavy metal music playing in the background. If this is your kind of horror then <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episodes of Violence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not to be missed. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episodes of Violence\u00a0by David Bernstein Sinister Grin Press (October 2017) 276 pages; $16.99 hardcover; $5.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Jonathan Reitan If you think you\u2019re ready for some of the most brutal, sadistic and in-your-face violent horror that you\u2019ve ever read, then continue reading this review and go ahead and add Episodes of Violence to your shopping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-episodes-of-violence-by-david-bernstein\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Episodes of Violence by David Bernstein&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[377,1587,92,79,641],"class_list":["post-12266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-david-bernstein","tag-episodes-of-violence","tag-jonathan-reitan","tag-reviews","tag-sinister-grin-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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