{"id":9278,"date":"2017-01-05T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=9278"},"modified":"2017-01-01T20:56:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T01:56:28","slug":"review-season-of-the-witch-by-charlee-jacob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-season-of-the-witch-by-charlee-jacob\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;Season of the Witch&#8217; by Charlee Jacob"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Season-Witch-Charlee-Jacob-ebook\/dp\/B01M0YBCJO\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1482858162&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=season+of+the+witch+charlee+jacobs\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-season-of-the-witch-by-charlee-jacob\/seasonofwitch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/seasonofwitch.jpg?fit=311%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"311,480\" 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=\"seasonofwitch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/seasonofwitch.jpg?fit=311%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/seasonofwitch.jpg?resize=227%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/seasonofwitch.jpg?resize=227%2C350&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/seasonofwitch.jpg?w=311&amp;ssl=1 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 85vw, 227px\" \/>Season of the Witch<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Charlee Jacob<\/a><br \/>\nNecro Publications\u00a0(September 2016)<br \/>\n367 pages; $15.95 paperback; ebook $3.99<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonCancre\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Cancre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A book of gorgeously rendered and lusciously poeticized violence. An on-the-cusp scream queen goddess of the local goth TV channel, who survived the brutal violence which tore her family apart, quite literally. A newly appeared 1-900 service that begs you to find the worst in yourself and reveal it to them. Gangs of thematically self-mutilating freaks roaming the streets. All through the background, the seductive voice of Pirsya Profana slithering between neurons. Welcome to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season of the Witch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a fan of Charlee\u2019s early work, especially <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Symbiotic Fascination<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then you\u2019ll be happy here. That same sense of poetic indulgence, lending a feel of beauty and grace to the whole affair, pervades everything. The willingness to use that grace and beauty to portray absolutely horrendous and horrifying aspects of humanity, likewise. The willingness to be as mean and as harsh to the audience as possible, with little to no relief is just plain everywhere. Those fans, as well as the more rabid of hardcore fans, should just stop here. You want this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the downsides of that same book are also present. The scattershot, seemingly directionless storytelling. The non-sequiturs on top of non-sequiturs on top of non-sequiturs that feel like excuses to throw out as many messed up images as possible, without bothering to give them a meaningful context. There\u2019s a reason for this, as the \u201cabout the author\u201d blurb makes it clear that this was the first, previously unpublished, novel Charlee wrote. Unfortunately, it often reads as such.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a huge fan of Charlee\u2019s work, I\u2019m glad to have <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season of the Witch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in my collection, as it shows a broad spectrum of her growth as a writer and an artist. Also, given that we will likely never get anything new from her again, I am happy to just see any words from her at all. On the other side, I just don\u2019t see anyone who is not a Charlee Jacob or hardcore completist enjoying it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season of the Witch\u00a0by\u00a0Charlee Jacob Necro Publications\u00a0(September 2016) 367 pages; $15.95 paperback; ebook $3.99 Reviewed by\u00a0Anton Cancre A book of gorgeously rendered and lusciously poeticized violence. An on-the-cusp scream queen goddess of the local goth TV channel, who survived the brutal violence which tore her family apart, quite literally. 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