Review: The Voices in Your Head

The Voices in Your Head by Jeff Oliver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am still trapped in the void, deep within the corridors of insanity.
― Jeff Oliver, The Voices in Your Head

THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD by Jeff Oliver is a disturbing, violent and gruesome tale told from the perspective of Geoff Hathaway. As a teenager Geoff experienced unimaginable horror and suffered tragic losses, including the murder of his entire family. In spite of, or perhaps because of, thiose losses he finds a way to exact horrific revenge on the murderers. But he learns that revenge comes at a price - a price he has been paying ever since as he is tormented each day by voices and visions of his murdered family and... others.

Geoff's torment is reflected at times in his chaotic first-person recounting of the "visitations" he endures. Told as a mix of prose and poetry, this story leaves open the question of whether those visitations are simply distorted memories, hallucinations caused by his mental state or real. Whether real or not, there is no doubt about the impact these have on him, and on those he encounters.

The story is enhanced by artwork by Dan Verkys who brings to life the horrors that Oliver describes.

This is not a book I would recommend to casual horror readers. There are descriptions of horrific deaths and cannibalism that will likely be triggering for some. That said, it is a tale told in a unique style and may leave you wondering whether those soft whispers that wake you up at night are simply leftover fragments of your dream... or something else.

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