This is less a review of the Adulterer's Handbook and more a commentary about the whole Adulterer's series.
I almost never bother with series books on Amazon because they're usually self-published, badly written, in desperate need of an editor, and they're generally lazy - allowing a writer to only have to write a new plot twist for their next book since everything else was basically already written. Which is fine for people who like that, but it's not what I want to read.
And then occasionally someone will come along and ruin it for me by writing a series that I completely fall in love with. And Sam Anthony has quickly gone from being an author I didn't want to read because ALL of his books (so far) are part of this series (and honestly, the titles didn't inspire much confidence either but I get it now), to one of my favorite authors who doesn't have nearly enough books written yet - though many fine authors have written far less. If I hadn't gotten the first book for free I never would have been sucked into this insane little world he's created. It's irreverent, crude, hyper-sexual in the most immature way, and hysterically funny, though dark and dramatic when it needs to be. And underneath it all is an ability to write that many authors could/should aspire to. There is serious talent here. Every book is done in a completely different writing style, some more effective than others but all surprisingly good, and it keeps things from getting stale while somehow still managing to keep the series cohesive. One book might be first-person, then next third-person, the next only dialog with no narrative at all, the next..? It shouldn't work, but it does. A lot of risks have been taken in writing these books, and it could easily have failed miserably. Instead it's turned into an impressive collection of writing behind stories and characters that refuse to be taken seriously. It works incredibly well, but I admit it's not for everybody. I'll be interested in seeing how he approaches other subject matter in the future (assuming he will but who knows?)
It's sadly difficult to really follow Sam Anthony as a fan often does with favorite authors because there's not much info out there (that I've found), and the website he provides in his books either doesn't load or goes to some weird unrelated Vietnamese site. So I'll just have to wait impatiently for something new from him to pop up on Amazon and in the meantime try to find something else to read that isn't a badly written series in desperate need of editing. I don't think it's too much to ask Mr. Anthony to step up his game and put out a new book every month or so to save me the trouble, right?
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