The Wrath: Between Dreams and Reality

by Michael Mathis

The line between dream and reality can often be very blurred. For Johnathon, that perception takes on a whole new meaning once the nightmares begin. The seemingly normal life of this popular, attractive, football star, is turned inside out when what first appeared to be terrible nightmares, is revealed to be much more than an unfortunate series of coincidences. With the help of some new found friends, Johnathon begins to unravel the mystery that binds him to his torturous dreams and their connection to the world around him, and the murdered citizens in his once quite city of Rome, NY. Together they’ll undertake a nightmarish journey through buried memories, pain, and the dreams he can’t seem to escape. Only to find something more powerful and sinister than anything anyone could have ever imagined. In the end, Johnathon himself must come face to face with pure evil. A contemptuous showdown that will present him with a seemingly impossible choice that he must make. Only this will save the lives of those he loves, but will also leave him with an invisible wound that can never heal.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 17, 2018

Reviews

[Mike Senese · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall the book felt incomplete, the writing couldn't keep up with the concept. I enjoyed the idea, gave me a vibe that King would create a short story about. However, the execution just wasn't well fleshed out. Some parts felt to have no relevance to the main story while others were severely lacking in details. While there is something to leaving a bit of mystery, it came across of just a bunch of ideas thrown together first then trying to write a story to connect, as opposed to just letting it come fluidly. The build-up and ending was lackluster and anticlimactic; specify took issue with the reveal of the killer, the "hard choice", and the ending. For it being an author's first work, from what I could tell, it wasn't the worst read, but I wouldn't reread nor recommend it.