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Just finished Max Brooks' "Devolution". Liked it way more than I expected. I was worried that it would verge into silliness territory, but, it treated the premise in a very grounded way. Overall, the writing was good and the characters enjoyable. My only complaint might be that it could have been scarier. There were some scary scenes, but, the real vibe of the book is tenseness as opposed to scariness.
For my next read, I plan to begin Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". Was able to pick-up a copy of the Suntup gift edition which is gorgeous. This will be my first time reading this novel and am hoping it is as great as I have heard.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Max Brooks' "Devolution". Liked it way more than I expected. I was worried that it would verge into silliness territory, but, it treated the premise in a very grounded way. Overall, the writing was good and the characters enjoyable. My only complaint might be that it could have been scarier. There were some scary scenes, but, the real vibe of the book is tenseness as opposed to scariness.
For my next read, I plan to begin Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". Was able to pick-up a copy of the Suntup gift edition which is gorgeous. This will be my first time reading this novel and am hoping it is as great as I have heard.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Max Brooks' "Devolution". Liked it way more than I expected. I was worried that it would verge into silliness territory, but, it treated the premise in a very grounded way. Overall, the writing was good and the characters enjoyable. My only complaint might be that it could have been scarier. There were some scary scenes, but, the real vibe of the book is tenseness as opposed to scariness.
For my next read, I plan to begin Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". Was able to pick-up a copy of the Suntup gift edition which is gorgeous. This will be my first time reading this novel and am hoping it is as great as I have heard.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Max Brooks' "Devolution". Liked it way more than I expected. I was worried that it would verge into silliness territory, but, it treated the premise in a very grounded way. Overall, the writing was good and the characters enjoyable. My only complaint might be that it could have been scarier. There were some scary scenes, but, the real vibe of the book is tenseness as opposed to scariness.
For my next read, I plan to begin Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". Was able to pick-up a copy of the Suntup gift edition which is gorgeous. This will be my first time reading this novel and am hoping it is as great as I have heard.
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Originally posted by bookworm 1 View Post
Good to know. My copy is scheduled to arrive tomorrowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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I finished The Lone Ranger #4: Heritage of the Plains/Lone Star Renegade/Death's Head Vengance. I finished Spiders in the Daffodils by Nelson W. Pyles. Bottom line-Great plot, horrible editing. I gave SitD a two star review due to the many typos, etc... I'm going back to reading Stories To Be Whispered: The Collected Short Fiction of Cornell Woolrich Volume Two.
CapBooks are weapons in the war of ideas.
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Just finished reading the Suntup Gift Edition of Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". This was my first time reading this novel and I enjoyed the heck out of it. The writing was really fantastic and the characters were all fleshed out and believable. Was also one of the rare exceptions, that I can think of, where I felt bad/sympathy for both the protagonist and the antagonist in the story. No happy endings for anyone really in this story. Makes me want to check out the semi-sequel, "Silence of the Lambs", which I have sadly never read. Am wondering how closely the movie and book match as I have seen the movie tons of times.
My next read will be "Blood Secrets" by Craig Jones which I picked up from Centipede Press while it was on sale. Have never read anything by this author and have never heard of this book; so, I'm not really sure what to expect. I figure if Centipede was willing to publish it, then it must be good. We shall see...
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
My next read will be "Blood Secrets" by Craig Jones which I picked up from Centipede Press while it was on sale. Have never read anything by this author and have never heard of this book; so, I'm not really sure what to expect. I figure if Centipede was willing to publish it, then it must be good. We shall see...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished reading the Suntup Gift Edition of Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon". This was my first time reading this novel and I enjoyed the heck out of it. The writing was really fantastic and the characters were all fleshed out and believable. Was also one of the rare exceptions, that I can think of, where I felt bad/sympathy for both the protagonist and the antagonist in the story. No happy endings for anyone really in this story. Makes me want to check out the semi-sequel, "Silence of the Lambs", which I have sadly never read. Am wondering how closely the movie and book match as I have seen the movie tons of times.
My next read will be "Blood Secrets" by Craig Jones which I picked up from Centipede Press while it was on sale. Have never read anything by this author and have never heard of this book; so, I'm not really sure what to expect. I figure if Centipede was willing to publish it, then it must be good. We shall see...
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