The Devil in Silver Audiobook

" voted by publishers weekly as one of the best of 2012... very surprising. "

" After finishing this book, I want to like it better than I did. I enjoy Victor LaValle's style, his fluid, but straightforward prose, and I like the premise of the book: that there is real horror to be found in the overlap of mental healthcare and criminal justice, the inadequacy of mental healthcare systems, and the slippery slope of combating this system from the inside, burdened either with mental illness or a diagnosis of such. His afterward really makes me want to love the book because he sounds like a thoughtful, cool, down-to-earth writer, but it all never quite gelled for me. The different sections feel really disjointed, partly I think because Pepper, our protagonist, never felt like flesh and blood to me, just like a vehicle for a message and an idea. I wish he'd put the spotlight on 19-year-old Loochie, who I missed when she dropped out of the narrative, and who was the only character I really came to care about. "

" Strange and original and lots of fun. "

" madness and mystery. the main character, Pepper, is a working-class anti-hero who is losing himself and finding himself after being dumped in a mental institution and doing battle with a fearsome monster. "

" This was an interesting read. I would recommend it. "

" hard to believe this is the same guy who wrote big machine. "

" A completely sane man does something really stupid and gets himself locked on a psych ward. Residents there claim that the devil himself lives on the ward and before long, our character believes it. I believed it too. Too bad the ending was a cop out and this book completely wasted my time. Boo! "

" For the life of me i could not get into this book and tried and tried again. "

" Entertaining, terrifying, and riveting. Lavalle is a wonderful storyteller. "

" Very good, but very disturbing book. "

" This book was interesting and unexpected. I like the parallels between the mental institution and life. They're obvious but necessary reminders people can hold with them. Reminders that serve as a reminder -at least for a while - of the beauty and absurdity of the world around us. "

" i loved this book, it was a perfect combination of dark and twisted but fresh and funny. so creative but so authentic. "

" First half was great! Second half was kinda slow but still kept my interest. Picked this book up not knowing anything about the author or his style but after reading this, I 'm interested in this authors other works. "