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# Last Days

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    What disco sounds like or why a mirrored ball was suspended above the ...
  

*by M***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2016*

Ask a handful of people for their surface observations of a given decade and often they’ll state many of the same events and fads. Even the tech-obsessed millennials can provide a reasonably accurate description of what a hippie was. What disco sounds like or why a mirrored ball was suspended above the strange dances that accompanied it. But history has a way of neatly secreting away the more displeasing cultural disturbances of a given time period. High profile murders often secure some measure of immortality, and after them, every cult leader is a Jim Jones or a Charles Manson. But what of the others, those groups that didn’t make the evening news or rack up high enough of a body toll to merit media scrutiny? Last Days is a well-researched and chilling account of such a fictional cult. More specifically, Nevill’s “Temple of the Last Days” is a representative recreation of one of the 70’s transcendental and enlightenment movements that promiscuously borrowed various Eastern philosophies and perverted their doctrine until a central figurehead could assert control over their supplicants. Before ever unleashing the horrors of the abyss, Nevill unveils the aftermath of the survivors of a cult which met its final end in a massacre/suicide in the Arizona desert. Gripping attention to how trauma continually victimizes those once involved invests the reader from the beginning, signaling the ride ahead will not be pleasant. Last Days takes its name from a fictional autobiography referenced in the novel by one of the many True Crime titles that cover such events. Skilled but financially challenged Kyle and his best friend Dan take an assignment by a reclusive producer to investigate a long-dead cult of the 1970’s—once called the Gathering, then later the Temple of the Last Days. Specializing in occult and outré documentary, Kyle readily accepts the offer, and a tight schedule of shooting is set to interview key figures and survivors of the cult. Nevill wastes no time with speculation; soon after their first interview with one of the cult members, Kyle and Dan encounter a series of chilling experiences in a property that served as the cult’s first house. Skepticism becomes debate, and soon debate falls away as panic sets in. Alien dreams invade intrepid Kyle, and the accumulative effects of insomnia and persistence wear down his sanity fast. As with all of Nevill’s work I have read, a deeper theme is lurking in Last Days. One might struggle to draw comparisons between the end of The Summer of Love and Facebook, between Jim Jones and reality television. As their continued efforts aggravate and imperil the survivors they interview, Kyle feels the effects of their suffering seep into his own soul. He personalizes the senselessness of cults, the human need for self-identification and acceptance, and the parade and endless comparison of one’s own status to that offered by others on social media. During a rant, Kyle defends his growing misanthropy to Dan: “Kyle shook his head where he lay on the floor, staring at the polystyrene ceiling tiles. ‘So many of them thought they had an audience. They were performing. Because everyone thinks they’re on stage these days. The Show Of Me, mate. Facebook. Twitter. Twitter my arse. Mobile phones? Eh? They’re not for communicating, they’re for broadcasting. Broadcasting The Show Of Me. We are an audience to every s***head with an iPhone. I can’t turn on the telly without some silly bitch with big teeth showing off.’” (Nevill 320). Kyle is referencing the assembled behavior of individuals who think the documentarians have the lock on them, but he speaks a greater truth: the loss of human interaction in the vain attempt to transcend a normal existence is the result of such misused technology. Furthering this point, Kyle remarks: “But this out here. It’s {The cult/their murder/suicide} like the distillation of it all. Where it really took hold. In the sixties. I can see that. Manipulative shysters. Naïve people desperate to believe in something, in someone, to be someone. Any different now? Who wants to be ordinary? Eh? No one, that’s who. Everybody’s got to be singing or dancing or drawing attention to themselves. For what? Is there really any talent involved in any of it? Anything meaningful? (Nevill 321). (SPOILERS AHEAD) The disaffected documentarian continues on in an all-or-nothing stakes bid to remove an ancient evil attempting to reincarnate for the second time. A fascinating origin to Sister Katherine (the cult leader) is provided by an art historian and further connected by Max, the producer/cult survivor. Kyle and Dan never stood a chance to slither out from the specters they hunt with their cameras, and the reader is provided an illuminating look at how documentary and filmmakers perform their craft. Like The Ritual, Nevill has a way of creating the outdoors on the page that puts the reader in them. Every sound, every texture underfoot, every smell is given deliberate care. In his hands, a sunset is the promise of torment, a sunrise the vestigial recognition a broken character sees as hope. Consider just one line describing a character’s reticence to act and fear: “And Kyle experienced the urgent need to visit the toilet for the immediate expulsion of everything inside him not attached to bone or muscle.” (Nevill 488). The internet is “that Wild West of disinformation and fraud, that infinite sea of piracy, the great electorate where the constituency of billions voted their approval with the click of a mouse.” (Nevill 443). Never are character’s “frozen in horror” or “too scared to move.” Nevill’s prose is tight and clean, often luring the reader back to reread the previous passage in sheer amazement (well, this writer does anyhow). He is consistent with pace, handles backstory flawlessly and organically, and never do I find myself skipping forward a few pages to see how many are left in a chapter. More often, I’m pissed that I’m almost out of book to read! I recommend Last Days to any fan of supernatural horror, True Crime stories, suckers for 60’s and 70’s culture, and those individuals (myself included) who share a disdain for the rapid information age, the seamless broadcast of bulls*** that plagues and chokes up our expectations with false messiahs and impotent longings. Like the brainwashed cultists of The Temple Of The Last Days, those defiant few who step back to engage the real world and discard their iPhones long enough to search for self-worth will find it where they should have looked in the first place. Within themselves.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    great story, a bit to long
  

*by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2024*

I loved the exploration of a mysterious cult through characters making a documentary. The mystery and horror elements were done well. However, the book was too long. The main characters inner monologue and the descriptions of settings not relevant to figuring out the mystery of the cult bogged down the story.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Well written and a good premise but overly-long and tedious.
  

*by C***P on Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2014*

I found some exceptional things in this book.  There was good pacing, great character development, and eerie scenes.  The plot was original and interesting.  However, I often found myself dreading parts of the book I knew were going to needlessly go on an on in over-detail.  I was never eager to get back to the book, which was unfortunate because at it's core it is a good book and a pretty creepy horror entry.  It seemed tedious at times and scenes were poorly paced.  Nevertheless, reviews seem to indicate many like this and I respect that my wants/desires in a horror novel may be different than others.  So it's definitely worth a read if this is your genre.  But if you don't have a lot of patience it may certainly frustrate you at times.

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