Her own fight not to be defined by her damage turns out to include helping other people to heal from theirs. Some quick vague spoilers in this section only: I love that we find out at the end that Dr. Without some of the details I wanted (who were the Weavers before the demon hybrid thing showed up? How did Barbara come within the orbit of the Scrimshander, and how did she get away?), I kept thinking how much I’d enjoy reading a full book about any of these characters in their lives before they join the group (or, in Martin’s case, after). Like the characters themselves, we aren’t privy to knowing why these things happened to them only that they happened, and now they are part of that character’s emotional landscape, and must be dealt with. The characters’ backstories are revealed in fits and starts, sometimes in great detail and sometimes in very little. If this were the pilot episode of a show on Syfy, I would set up a petition for six seasons and a movie.
Your question at this point may be, Do we find out gradually what happened to each member of the group, and is it inventively horrible in each case, and do they ultimately team up to do a mission together to fight against the darkness in their own small way? And the answer is, yes. She’ll let the stories come in their own time. Greta never lets anyone catch a glimpse of her skin, and Barbara will only say that she was attacked twenty years ago. And the group knows a little - or thinks it does - about Harrison, who was, long ago, the model for a series of books about a teenaged monster-killing hero. At first only Stan will speak openly about his story, about the cannibals (demon cannibals?) who tied him and his comrades up for weeks and ate them, bit by bit, limb by limb. The therapy group is composed of sole survivors: the only ones to survive horrific, supernatural incidents. What do I love even more than creepy, inventive science fiction? Creepy, inventive science fiction informed by a background in psychology! No wonder he is always writing about confronting impossible, insane situations with the only available tools (science, therapy) and knowing all along that those tools are nowhere near adequate to the task. It’s cause his wife is a psychologist! (He thanks her in the acknowledgements.) No wonder Gregory wrote about crazy people so brilliantly in Af terparty. Not only has Daryl Gregory produced another fine piece of science fiction - this one a novella - but I have at last discovered why I love his books so much. Note: I received a digital galley of We Are All Completely Fine from the publisher for review consideration.ĭARYL GREGORY AUTHOR DISCOVERY YEAR CONTINUES.
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