About ‘Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect’ by PD Alleva:
Genre: Horror; Scifi; Supernatural
Carnivals, Cannibals, and Clowns. Oh My!
Meet Jigglyspot, a five-foot tall half human half warlock carnival clown who spends his free time moonlighting as a drug dealing pimp and lackey for demonic entities who prey on the weak and vulnerable, casting their dark shadow across humanity through manipulation, and fear.Jigglyspot was selected to serve as the event coordinator for 2019’s Summer Solstice Celebration at the prestigious Cannibal Café. A celebration that brings together both demon and human alike. But with less than two weeks before the celebration, Jigglyspot’s got so much to do and little time to do it. And the feds are hot on his tail. Between securing new recruits for demonic possession, choosing fresh bodies to slice and dice for dinner, and the fact that his girlfriend, Kera, is eating up most of his time, Jiggly’s at his wit’s end.
Discover Jigglyspot and his cast of clowns, killers, demons, and wretched fiends, in a novel like you’ve never experienced. Horror, mayhem, thrills, chills, fantasy, and spoils are waiting for your reading eyes with an escape into the underworld of mind control and human slavery.
I have also reviewed these other titles by PD Alleva:
Golem
‘Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect’ is a fascinating and frightening read. It literally gave me nightmares! To avoid spoilers, I won’t tell you what they were about. The story is told in limited omniscient point of view with each chapter focused on a different character: Jigglyspot the half-human half-warlock clown, John Mills the federal detective, Lilly the young mother who struggles with her family dynamic, Sharon the aspiring actress, Cassandra the businesswoman, and Tyler, a teenage murderer with something key in common with Jigglyspot. Pretty much all of them felt unique, something I always crave from the horror genre.
I personally enjoy stories that shift characters because it lets you get to know them more personally while creating suspense while omitting certain things happening with other characters. The author seemed to have no problem in keeping the storyline clear and the timeline on track (no sensation of “head hopping”). He wrote this fast-paced, albeit long, horror thriller that was hard for me to put down, where the separate character experiences all met up in a concise, satisfying way.
With each page, the plot thickens, the world builds and oh what an expansive world it is! Beginning with the simple set up of a clown cleaning up a crime scene, a teen killing a bully, and a mother having trouble with a son acting out, the atmosphere grows darker and scarier while the universe grows equally large and scary. Satan, god/goddesses, demons, ghosts, aliens, cannibals, warlocks, secret orders, dirty cops, and the corrupt one percent… Just laying it all out might sound convoluted, but everything clicks into place at the prefect progression for both sense and creating yet another layer of terror the moment you think you’re in the safety of the known.
There was a surprising amount of heart in this story despite the villanous, murderous, self-serving cast. It wasn’t your typical “heartfelt” though, it aligned with the characters’ personalities and alignments and I was invested in each one. I particularly enjoyed Kera, who lived in a world of violence and suffering, her beloved being the sadistic evil Jigglyspot despite her arguably “light” leaning beliefs.
The exploration of morale based on perception was fantastic. You have Jigglyspot who despises humans, believes them dumb (hence the title of the book) even though he is partially human himself. Creatures who view humans as fodder, much like humans tend to do with other animals. Then you have the ones who view warlocks such as Jiggly expendable despite their sentience and power above humans. On another topic, you see murders argue about how the reasons behind their killings differ and therefore set them as better/worse/same as the other. Even non-killers put forth their two cents on the topic, their own judgements. There’s also predictions made based on comparisons between people that both foreshadow and offer hope of change in the same breath. All of this is delivered in a realistic, logical manner. It’s not just people being indignant whiners- arguing for the sake of arguing. I absolutely adore when writers shed light on the grey nature of morality.
Despite the sense it would make a good movie, I also believe there’s no way the screen could capture every chilling detail that PD Alleva has in this book. The atmosphere was truly perfect for horror, a fact that does not surprise me due to other work of his I have read. So I’ll have to concede with Jigglyspot on this one (you’ll get what I mean if you read it). It kept me on my toes for sure! The book has everything horror fans love: violence, gore, sex, depravity, torture, a fighting spirit, doom yet hope, action, suspense, terror, characters to love and to hate, an enthralling storyline, and of course, A CREEPY FUCKING CLOWN.
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