In 2009, kraus published his first novel, the monster variations. Daniel kraus s masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties. Daniel kraus s writing style in rotters is very meandering. Daniel kraus s rotters is far from a beautiful book. See all books authored by daniel kraus, including the shape of water, and trollhunters, and more on. Daniel krauss masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the everpresent.
Its true that leonardo da vinci did it, shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenthcentury scotland practically made it an art. A macabre bildungsroman, or comingofage story, set mainly in iowa, rotters concerns a sixteenyearold boy named joey crouch. He is also an editor at the american library association and a regular contributor to such publications as cosmopolitan and maxim. They threw us away the living dead bent heavens blood sugar the shape of water the death and life of zebulon finch, volume 2. Rotters by daniel kraus defies all boundaries, adult, young adult, and everything in between. Daniel kraus s masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the everpresent specter of mortality. I fell in love with kraus and his writing style when i. The demon offspring of stephen kings the shining and hitchcocks psycho. Rotters is a 2011 young adult novel written by daniel kraus. Daniel krauss masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons. His second novel, rotters, was published in 2011, and won the.
Audio book sample courtesy of penguin random house audio. Daniel kraus author of rotters, scowler, trollhunters. Dont be afraid to read outside of your comfort zone. With guillermo del toro, he coauthored the shape of water, based on the same idea the two created for the oscarwinning film. Part teenage misfitcoming of age story albeit via a much darker avenue than the usual selfdiscovery tales, part atmospheric, graverobbing secretsociety yarn, i loved the idea of this novel, especially with its potential focus on such an old, ethically contentious tradition. Created by new york public library view on new york public library share. I think it would be a good book to give to someone who thinks all ya is drivel, because this book is clearly not drivel. The second novel from daniel kraus, rotters is ostensibly a young adult book, but in truth is a very mature and dark affair.
Young adult, horror, fiction, teen, realistic fiction, death, mystery, contemporary, high school, family. Daniel kraus has landed on entertainment weeklys top 10 books of 2015 the death and life of zebulon finch and has won two odyssey awards for rotters and scowler. His second novel, rotters, was published in 2011, and won the 2012 odyssey award, the parents choice award gold award and was a finalist for the bram stoker award. Kraus s the death and life of zebulon finch was named one of entertainment weeklys top 10 books of the year, and he has won two odyssey awards for both rotters and scowler and has been a library guild selection, yalsa best fiction for young adults, bram stoker finalist, and more.
With guillermo del toro, he wrote the bestselling the shape of water and trollhunters the inspiration for the netflix series. Sometimes, the most unlikely books end up being one of the best youve read in a while. His second novel, rotters, was published in 2011, and won the 2012 odyssey award, the parents choice award gold award and was a. If you go into this book thinking you know what is going to happen, you are going to be sadly mistaken. This book was included on the new york public librarys 100 best stuff for teens list in 2010. He is also an editor at the american library association and a regular contributor to such. It is gritty, graphic, violent, gutwrenching, and so, so addicting. Daniel kraus is the author of two novels and director of six feature films. He has also received an odyssey award for his book rotters and his book scowler.
Daniel krauss masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the. Rotters is just one of those books in which the summary cannot do it justice. Book excerpts are provided by the publisher and may contain language some find offensive. But none of this matters to joey crouch, a sixteenyearold straighta student living in chicago with his single mom. Its true that leonardo da vinci did it, shakespeare wrote. Its true that leonardo da vinci did it, shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of. Daniel kraus audio books, best sellers, author bio. Daniel krauss masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the everpresent specter of mortality. Kraus uses this unwholesome subculture as a setting for one of the darkest, wildest, most unsettling adolescent novels ive ever come across.
April 5, 2011 after the tragic death of his mother, joey is shipped from chicago to a father in iowa hes never met. Also with del toro, kraus coauthored trollhunters, which was adapted into the emmywinning netflix series. I knew i should have geared up for disappointment right there. Daniel krauss masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the everpresent specter of mortalitymore hardcover, 448 pages published april 5th 2011 by delacorte press. Daniel kraus is a new york times bestselling author.
A masterly touch at thriller pacing, kraus gives the current crop of pretentiously serious supernatural ya novels a wild run for their money. He has made several top book lists including the top ten books of 2015 from entertainment weekly for his finch series. The writing seemed to be decent enough, so maybe i will give daniel kraus another chance in the future. Buy daniel kraus ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Rotters by daniel kraus overdrive rakuten overdrive. Daniel kraus s masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family. Daniel kraus books list of books by author daniel kraus. I wanted to like this book, i really did but i just didnt. Thats what michael grant, new york times bestselling author of gone and brzk, is quoted as saying on the back of scowler, the newest brainchild of the world of the weird author daniel kraus. Rotters reads more like an adult book than a ya book. Welcome to the website of new york times bestselling author, daniel kraus. His first novel, the monster variations was selected to new york public librarys 100 best stuff for teens. Sixteenyearold joeys life takes a strange turn when his mothers death forces him to move.
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