- Mass Market Paperback: 504 pages
- Publisher: Leisure Books; First THUS edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0843949783
- ISBN-13: 978-0843949780
- Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 10.9 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #465,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't bother with this one,
By A Customer
This review is from: Island (Mass Market Paperback)
To put it bluntly, this was one of the sickest books I've ever read. I guess it should be in the horror category though because I was horrified at the disgusting perversion and immorality it contained. Rape, verbal child porn, and savage abuse of women that bordered on animalistic was just some of its lovely content. If you have a heart, then read this one only if you want to be shaking with disgust for months afterward.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pandering to the Lowest Common Denominator,
By A Customer
This review is from: Island (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the type of novel that gives Horror Fiction a bad name. Laymon's formula can be quite simply stated - create a totally ludicrous premise, then add liberal doses of gratuitous sex and violence. Never mind plot development, characterization, suspension of disbelief, or the art of storytelling for that matter.Laymon is clearly pandering to an audience that finds a ridiculous plot sprinkled with over-the-top violence and sex to be a page turner. This book is an embarrasment to the publisher and the horror genre. Proof that people will buy anything these days.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is horrible.,
By November_Guest (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Island (Mass Market Paperback)
I've read a lot of horror (including a number of Laymon's other books) and I don't think I'm particularly squeamish. But I found this book to be disgusting.Laymon's best, such as Night in Lonesome October and The Traveling Vampire Show, are creepy, surreal, and yet somehow (in spots) charming. I thought this one was simply revolting and (in spots) ridiculous. The plot is just silly, but what really turned me against this book was the gruesome depictions of violence, rape, and torture. Laymon seems to always mix up sex and violence, but in this book he is way over the top and goes too far. Some of the other reviewers suggest that there is an exciting twist at the end. I wouldn't know - I threw this book away (literally - I threw it into our kitchen garbage can and promptly took the trash out) when I was about halfway through. I'd strongly recommend skipping this one entirely. But some of Laymon's other books (like the two mentioned above) are great.
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