Jagger

De: Kristopher Rufty

Narrado por: Faith Stockdale

Other than the trailer park left to her by her deceased daddy, Amy's favorite treasure is Jagger, her 180-pound bullmastiff. One day while she is away, Clayton, her best friend’s scumbag boyfriend sneaks into her yard and takes the dog. His prize fighting pit bull was killed during its last match, costing a lot of bad people a lot of money. To make up for his dog's losses, and to save his own life, Clayton enlists the help of a medical student dropout to turn Jagger into a killing machine by pumping him full of experimental drugs and muscle enhancers. Now Jagger is a monster, a beast that can't feel pain, with an unquenchable thirst for blood. He quickly breaks out of his pen and starts making his way home, tearing apart anyone in his path on his way to the one he feels has betrayed him the most—Amy.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"Kristopher Rufty is the demented reincarnation of Richard Laymon!"—Jeff Strand, author of Autumn Bleeds Into Winter

"JAGGER is Kristopher Rufty's best work to date. It's a harrowing journey into the heart of rural darkness that readers won't soon forget."—Bryan Smith, author of Depraved 4"A 'roid raging, modern canine Frankenstein's monster, Jagger will never be your beast of burden. In the fine tradition of killer dog novels like CUJO and HELL HOUND, JAGGER ends up being far more tender than a book with this much bloody mayhem has any right to."—Adam Cesare, author of Clown in a Cornfield

"Kristopher Rufty's latest will lunge snapping for your jugular! Not for the faint of heart, JAGGER is full of sharp teeth and the tang of blood. Fans of Rufty's will rejoice!" —Ronald Malfi, author of Bone White

perfect for fans of Cujo!

Jagger was a fast-paced, horrific tale from start to finish. I couldn't help but feel bad and root for Jagger the entire time. The evil characters were incredibly unlikable, however I did like our FMC Amy. Other than Jagger, she was the only other tolerable/least problematic character (other than the little boy, but I forgot his name. He was kind of adorable).

I think my favorite parts were told from Jagger's perspective. It definitely made you feel for the dog, even though he was literally killing everyone in his path (although it was 100% not his fault). Most of the deaths were also justifiable and satisfying because of how awful the characters were to Jagger.

This story definitely was a tad dated with the sexualization of the female characters - for me it was a bit over the top and not completely necessary for the story. However, it's very reminiscent of horror books and movies of that time (this book was originally published in 2015 I think), so I'm not as annoyed as I would normally be.

Trigger warnings - if you absolutely can't read books with animal abuse and death - don't read this one it will upset you (but I'm sure you can figure that out from the book synopsis). If you enjoyed Cujo, this felt like a more modern, fast-paced version of that book and I definitely would recommend Jagger.