Book Review: Shitshow by Chris Panatier

Latrine Technician vs. Dark Carnival?
Yep.
After his mother is diagnosed with dementia, Sunday McWhorter needs a job with flexible hours and a company vehicle. It just so happens that the local porta-potty company is hiring.
The job stinks, but it’s a solid paycheck that allows Sunday to take care of his mom. Everything goes smoothly until Autumn and the beginning of county fair season, when people start going missing and body parts start being found…inside the very tanks of the porta-potties Sunday is charged with cleaning.
Is there a serial killer? A human trafficking ring? An epidemic of haunted toilets?
Sunday finds out the hard way when the simple job of vacuuming sewage becomes a tussle between worlds.

I have a predilection for horror stories that could easily be translated into B movies, so Shitshow seemed the perfect horror novel for me. I generally liked the setting and events, but I found the characterization too flimsy to sustain the story and make me care for Sunday. I really tried to latch onto the little bits we got about his background and his relationship with his mother to try to care about him, but failed. I also found that some of the scenes passed by a bit too quickly, lacking enough weight. It could have been good, but it was just meh. I may try other books by Chris Panatier in the future.

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My name is Elena. Since I was a little child I loved science fiction and fantasy, and I can’t resist a good novel. In 2015, while wait I started to listen to audiobooks and I discovered the pleasure in being able to read while doing my daily tasks, so there’s always an audiobook playing on my phone. If you see me with my Bluetooth headphones on, please be gentle, I get easily startled.

I live with my boyfriend, which I met during my six-year stay in Belgium, four cockatiels, eight lovebirds, and a hamster in Madrid, Spain; and I like to spend my free time knitting and sewing while listening to audiobooks.