TomeAlone reviewed Endless Night by Richard Laymon
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2 stars
I thought this one was pretty weak, actually
I thought this one was pretty weak, actually
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TomeAlone rated Into the Fire: 3 stars
TomeAlone reviewed Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
Internationally renowned for his riveting, stunningly original bestsellers JURASSIC PARK and RISING SUN, Michael Crichton …
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3 stars
It's pretty cool. I kinda wish I hadn't given up on it when I was a kid, I think I would have really gotten into it, even if I didn't realize it was a retelling of Beowulf. And it's impressive that it doesn't feel like it's written by Crichton.
It's pretty cool. I kinda wish I hadn't given up on it when I was a kid, I think I would have really gotten into it, even if I didn't realize it was a retelling of Beowulf. And it's impressive that it doesn't feel like it's written by Crichton.
TomeAlone reviewed Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records …
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4 stars
It's pretty good. It reads like a Junie B. Jones in the Middle Ages. It's not as funny, but it chock full of great lines and lil' Birdy kicks ass.
It's pretty good. It reads like a Junie B. Jones in the Middle Ages. It's not as funny, but it chock full of great lines and lil' Birdy kicks ass.
TomeAlone reviewed Shōgun by James Clavell (Asian Saga, #1)
Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status …
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4 stars
It takes 600 pages to get interesting, is really good for another 600, then just ends. Weird.
It takes 600 pages to get interesting, is really good for another 600, then just ends. Weird.
TomeAlone reviewed Galilee by Clive Barker
Galilee is a novel by British writer Clive Barker, published in 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers. …
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3 stars
It's only the fourth or so book I've read from Barker, but it's different from his other horror stuff. Got some echoes of Tanith Lee.
It's only the fourth or so book I've read from Barker, but it's different from his other horror stuff. Got some echoes of Tanith Lee.
TomeAlone reviewed The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #1)
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3 stars
Should be called Thomas Covenant the Insanely Frustrating and Selfish Coward. That might be a little unfair, but,holy cow, sometimes you just want to shake the bastard and scream in his face that OTHER PEOPLE LIVES ARE IMPORTANT, TOO! Constantly moaning and whinging that people died for him, while simultaneously refusing to do anything to prevent it.
Buddy, if you don't kill a couple dickheads in robes who are currently trying to kill you, thousands of innocent people will die.
But, then again, everyone is miserable this time, even the people of the Land itself.
Should be called Thomas Covenant the Insanely Frustrating and Selfish Coward. That might be a little unfair, but,holy cow, sometimes you just want to shake the bastard and scream in his face that OTHER PEOPLE LIVES ARE IMPORTANT, TOO! Constantly moaning and whinging that people died for him, while simultaneously refusing to do anything to prevent it.
Buddy, if you don't kill a couple dickheads in robes who are currently trying to kill you, thousands of innocent people will die.
But, then again, everyone is miserable this time, even the people of the Land itself.
TomeAlone reviewed Stephen King's Danse macabre by Stephen King
This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc. ( …
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2 stars
Not my favorite. As much as I love his books, I think that I don't share his tastes, which is fine. I was expecting/wanting more of the process of writing and developing his books, but that wasn't in this one. Probably improper expectations on my part. However, the man really does know the genre.
And, boy howdy, does he dislike critics.
Not my favorite. As much as I love his books, I think that I don't share his tastes, which is fine. I was expecting/wanting more of the process of writing and developing his books, but that wasn't in this one. Probably improper expectations on my part. However, the man really does know the genre.
And, boy howdy, does he dislike critics.
TomeAlone reviewed Necroscope by Brian Lumley
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2 stars
I don't know, man. Maybe I have bad taste(I do), but despite such a rad cover and vampires, cannibalism, necromancy, and Cold War antics, I found it to be pretty dull.
I don't know, man. Maybe I have bad taste(I do), but despite such a rad cover and vampires, cannibalism, necromancy, and Cold War antics, I found it to be pretty dull.
TomeAlone rated Kidnapped (Bantam Classics): 3 stars
Kidnapped (Bantam Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense.
Set in …
TomeAlone reviewed Body Rides by Richard Laymon
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3 stars
About as Laymon as Laymon can get.
TomeAlone reviewed Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Little Brother, #1)
Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong …
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2 stars
I hesitate to call this 'good.' It's certainly not gut-wrenchingly terrible, like Ready Player One or Armada, but it's kind of in the same family. A middle-aged hypernerd writing about cool teenagers who fall for hot cool babes and use the word 'vintage' way too much. The characters are very much mouthpieces who think and like the exact things that the writer does. And the book is more of a listing of what the author thinks are important or good, with a really dumb story tacked on. Although, this feels like more of an academic lecture. Also, it's better in that the point that Doctorow is making is a better one.
It's mostly a book about privacy and abuse of surveillance and the danger of ultra-nationalism and that very American brand of conservative and republican fake patriotism. I don't agree with every point he makes, but most I do, which …
I hesitate to call this 'good.' It's certainly not gut-wrenchingly terrible, like Ready Player One or Armada, but it's kind of in the same family. A middle-aged hypernerd writing about cool teenagers who fall for hot cool babes and use the word 'vintage' way too much. The characters are very much mouthpieces who think and like the exact things that the writer does. And the book is more of a listing of what the author thinks are important or good, with a really dumb story tacked on. Although, this feels like more of an academic lecture. Also, it's better in that the point that Doctorow is making is a better one.
It's mostly a book about privacy and abuse of surveillance and the danger of ultra-nationalism and that very American brand of conservative and republican fake patriotism. I don't agree with every point he makes, but most I do, which might have made this one easier to stomach that the diarrhea Ernest Cline deposited on the page.
If you read it, be prepared to read a middle aged nerd write the phrase 'she was h4wt- as in hot.'
You have been warned.
TomeAlone reviewed Furnace by Muriel Gray
A truck driver is ensnared by satanic forces in a small town in the Appalachians. …
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1 star
Eh, starts out okay, but then just gets worse and worse as it goes on.
TomeAlone reviewed Among the Missing by Richard Laymon
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2 stars
Not a lot to this one. Felt more like a short story dragged out to a small novel's length.
Not a lot to this one. Felt more like a short story dragged out to a small novel's length.
TomeAlone reviewed Desperation by Stephen King(duplicate)
Located off a desolate stretch of Interstate 50, Desperation, Nevada has few connections with the …
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3 stars
This is actually the second time I've read this, and I liked it a lot more this time. It might be one of those type of books that you kind of have to be more familiar with the writer to quite enjoy.
This is actually the second time I've read this, and I liked it a lot more this time. It might be one of those type of books that you kind of have to be more familiar with the writer to quite enjoy.