Review: The Truthseeker by Eric Stockwell

The following story is about you. No, not the current you, but the prior you. The you that you were destined to forget, and I clumsily strive to remind you of; this must be made clear should any good come of my effort to reach you.

The Truthseeker is a dark fantasy tale that stands out from everything I’ve read before. Though it’s also full of action and adventure, it’s a different kind of a paranormal read, filled with serious questions and meaning. Another reason is, it’s written in second person, which is pretty rare for this genre. Reading it was somewhat of a unique experience, but I quickly got used to it and realized why it was the most appropriate style for this story. I was particularly impressed by the precise and detailed descriptions of such things as getting into another person’s mind and memory. It’s something I never stopped to think about, how would I describe it, and the details put into it actually made it very easy to imagine without being over-the-top. The scenery was also quite impressive, fueling my imagination further and creating a pretty massive image that was not just supernatural, but surreal. In some ways, the book reminded me of such movies as What Dreams May Come and Cloud Atlas. It got more and more complex as I read, and while more information about the characters has been given, only more questions were raised in the process for me. This is what I like about such stories: everyone sees them differently, and everyone finds something important and interprets it in their own way.

The brutal yet realistic description of life before death reminded me of the one in Stephen King’s The Gunslinger – things like this you don’t necessarily want to read, but can’t stop reading once you’ve started, out of some dark curiosity, because of the new emotions they bring. It’s strange how even such a cold description still raises dozens of conflicting emotions in a reader. Death is something no one can ignore. This book is like an intricate dream filled both with absurdity and meaning, one of those after which you wake up dazed and mystified. I recommend it to anyone who likes a deeper story every once in a while, and something to make their gears work.

I was given a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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