Andrew Post – Mondo Crimson

‘Mondo Crimson’ by Andrew Post is a story that is rather an odd combination to be truthful. On one hand it can be rather graphic and on the other you find yourself laughing at the dark comedy there is going on throughout. It has been likened to a Pulp Fiction type of book which I really get!

The book begins with a car thief, Melanie, being given her next job, to find a certain vehicle. When she discovers who owns it, the fun begins! The owner is none other than a hitwoman, Brenda. This in itself is no problem, the fact that they are both working for the same person…Felix Eberhart, IS! They begin to consider the possibility that Felix was hoping that both women would kill each other. Melanie also finds out that every person in Felix’s network from car thieves down to drug runners have also been set upon each other, this creates a question of why? The women make it their business to find out.

If you are a reader who is unable to stomach violence or sex in a pretty graphic way, maybe don’t even try this book! Although there are plenty of graphic moments it does fit well into the story. Not just thrown in for the sake of a bit of this and that. Although it is not a run of the mill book, I enjoyed this strange, quite different book. I was thrown into the world of Melanie and Brenda and, although these characters aren’t people I was sure of, I loved my time in the crazy underworld I found myself in.

I never knew which way the story was heading, it seemed like one that could run off at a tangent at any moment, but I thought it was a great way to make the reader feel. Kept me on point I tell you that. There are no half measures with this book, it requires 100% of your attention 100% of the time, or you are lost. One of those books that you read the first page of and it’s either a yes or no. A brilliant plot with characters that are not always likeable but you need to find out what is going on. A different read for 2020s different time.

Thank you to Random Things Tours and Flame Tree Press for my copy of the book for my review today.