Book Review: The Legend of the Dogman by David C. Posthumus

The Legend of the Dogman

by David C. Posthumus
Published: January 11th 2022 by Timber Ghost Press
I received a copy of this book free via Silver Dragger Book Tours from the author. 

Something dark and malevolent stalks the majestic Northwoods of Michigan, and each corpse sends a new wave of terror through the small town of LeRoy. Anthropology professor Jack Allen uncovers a pattern of strange encounters, disappearances, and unsolved murders that shake him to his core. The deeper Jack delves into the horror in the woods, the more his life falls apart around him. With his family and all of Northern Michigan hanging in the balance, Jack must find a way to stop the cycle or risk losing everything to the ultimate predator. Meet a new kind of monster in David C. Posthumus’s bone-chilling suspenseful thriller, The Legend of the Dogman!

Review: Most people into cryptozoology know the story of the Dogman. It's one of those urban legends that people latch onto and go searching for. Jack becomes one of those people only it seems that the legend is searching for him. With multiple unexplained deaths at the hands of what seems to be a large dog popping up and Jack seeing a strange humanoid creature with glowing eyes. He then finds he father's chest which drags him down a rabbit hole of strange occurrences that happen every seven years. 

The story is well told with a plot that grabs you and keeps you reading. My only real complaint was that at times Mr Posthumus over explained things. He went into great detail about little things that really didn't effect the story as much as you would be lead to believe by the amount of information he was giving you. The other thing that kinda bugged me but also seemed to work in a way was the telling aspect. I felt like a lot of the book was being told to you, yet it also worked in a way because it was being told to Jack. So I was a bit ify on how to feel about it. In way it bothered my, yet also was justified. I did like that the characters were well fleshed out and easy to empathize with. The story once it got going played out a bit like a movie in my head, dragging me along on this horrific roll-a-coaster.