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It never really came together for me, possibly as a result of being #16 in the series, and me not having read the preceding 15. I found the conclusion unsatisfying.

I thought it was going to be a horror/action/thriller, having never read anything by Johansen. Turns out it's kind of a dull sort-of romance thriller with a very abrupt and not-very-believeable ending. None of the characters interseting in any way, either. Might make a fairly popular Lifetime movie, though.

It was okay, though fairly forgettable. Kind of a New York based Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Decent enough, I guess, with a dull fart of an ending.

What a nightmarish situation. It's a short read, and it's pretty good.

This one is kind of hard to review, because it's an interesting story and it's very easy to read. The problem is that the idea is duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb. If you thought the trash idiots from The Walking Dead were idiotic, you'll be stunned by this one. I know America is horrible and things are really bad, but it truly strains credulity, the idea that 13 minutes after a storm a bunch of coworkers will start forming ridiculous tribes and slaughtering each other. I just can't buy it.  

Pretty cool, though the ghost stories are better than the nature essays.

Wow, it's really bad. Shockingly bad. Absolutely chock-full of filmmaking and camera based errors, which is surprising coming from the guy who wrote the amazing film, <i>The Ritual</i>. But the prose is awful, the characters are awful, and most of the book is just a relentless infodump. In the final act, it picks up a bit, but it's way too little, way too late.  

And the ending is pretty stupid.

It's pretty cool. But you can see why it was cut down, the first three chapters are kinda unnecessary. It is really neat to see how closely Carpenter's masterpiece follows it. 

I just finished this for the second time, the first being way back in 8th grade- when I did a book report on it, like the cool nerdling I was. I thought it was pretty great back then, but now. . . holy smokes, it's so amazingly good. Just pretend I'm giving it a few more stars, it's that amazing. As I'm sure my wife is tired of hearing me say, people who say it's dull and dry and academic, and, above all, BORING are just plain wrong.  

It's wonderful and evocative and thrilling and heartbreaking and tragic and beautiful. Loved it.  

LOVED IT.

A year in the life of a Vietnam War chopper pilot. A solid memoir, if not groundbreaking. However, there is one part- after months of war and privation and misery- where the author mentions turning 21. I'd forgotten that I was reading about a frickin' kid out there in hell, and that moment made me pause. That'll stick with me for a long time.

I liked it. It's a bit more episodic than I thought it would be, but it's good.

Another great yarn by Uncle Steve. Includes one of his best villains.

  It's decent. Doesn't really explain much about the villain, but it's one of the few Laymon books I've read that has a proper happy ending. 

It's not good. Meandering, soft-headed TV evangelist spirituality, and characters that don't act a bit like people. Add in a really bad climax and it's just 720 pages of nothing.

 Very good. Moves at a brisk pace and enthralling the entire time.