Afraid
by Jack Kilborn
Well titled!
Although I love scary and I say I'd rather be offended than bored, for the first time in my life I have had to say this book was TOO FRIGHTENING to read. I only managed about 50 pages. I actually imagine that this comment is a confirmation of the intent of the author. The combination of suspense, horror, science gone mad and gore is keyed to an insanely high degree.
I will now pass it on to the most adventurous reader I know, see if she can manage it. I'll try to remember to append her comments.
The marigold wonders nervously: is this, in fact, the PERFECT review for this book?
The other reader of my copy did finish reading the book, and said the relentlessness of the gore was remarkable. It didn't stop her from reading it, though. AND another reading friend asked me about "that book you were too frightened to read" because she was intrigued enough to think she would pick it up is she ran into it in an airport bookstore. Well, whaddya know? My review is working!
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I have to admit, a big part of the fun - yes, fun - of this book was pausing waist deep in the gore to read bits aloud to anyone who was unfortunately near. It was like telling ghost stories after lights out in the bunk beds at camp.
ReplyDeleteI get that. Maybe I should have tried it.
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