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3.1 AVERAGE
3.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Ok, that was quite an extreme read... To be honest this book starts off really well. It feels very much like a "Hills Have Eyes" or "Wrong Turn" movie book... the trapped 'normal group' of backpakers/families, in a town full of inbred hillbillys. - So, up until about half way through this book I was thinking, this is pretty cool, around 4 to 4.5 stars for me, and I was enjoying it.
However, this book gets very r*pe heavy, very quickly after the midway point. Sort of truns into a twisted p*rn horror story. Not really my thing to be honest. I'm not saying sex in a horror book is not normal, but when you get to the thrid or forth gang r*pe it's kind of like... hummm ok?!
That aside, I still enjoyed the premis of this story. The feeling of that classic b-movie horror was great, and the kills were pretty brutal too.
It got a little silly how the main girl suddenly falls in love with a man that originally tied her up and left her to be attacked though? And, the end went super speed, with the whole "we got to do this to feed the unknwon monster that lives in the ground" and then... the end... they drove away??
Worth a read, and I will definatley try a couple more of his novels to see what they're like.
However, this book gets very r*pe heavy, very quickly after the midway point. Sort of truns into a twisted p*rn horror story. Not really my thing to be honest. I'm not saying sex in a horror book is not normal, but when you get to the thrid or forth gang r*pe it's kind of like... hummm ok?!
That aside, I still enjoyed the premis of this story. The feeling of that classic b-movie horror was great, and the kills were pretty brutal too.
It got a little silly how the main girl suddenly falls in love with a man that originally tied her up and left her to be attacked though? And, the end went super speed, with the whole "we got to do this to feed the unknwon monster that lives in the ground" and then... the end... they drove away??
Worth a read, and I will definatley try a couple more of his novels to see what they're like.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Murder
Minor: Gun violence
When splatterpunk goes wrong it goes really really wrong.
The Krull's have been in America for a very long time. They were not fans of rules and societal norms, so they took to the woods where they could inbreed and feed on the flesh of other humans. In order to appease this backwoods group of monsters, residents of the nearby town provide monthly offerings in hopes of sparing their own lives. This gruesome tale could only come from the imagination of Richard Laymon.[return][return]The taboo trifecta of incest, rape and cannibalism are painted throughout this book and I would only recommend this story to fans of extreme horror. All others, walk on by and head to a lighter spot in the woods.
Plenty of gore and horror but little character development. A solid summer read.
This was my first Richard Laymon book, I've seen many people say they loved his writing since I joined booktok last year.
I'm mind blown. The horror starts from the beginning and never dies out. There was some slight spicy scenes that I oddly found...appeasing. There is something wrong with me but I know I'm not a lone lol.
Reminded me of Wrong Turn but if that movie were ancient and the deformed hillbillies were smart and feared what the call the devil.
•Fast paced
•Non-stop horror from start to end
•Splatterpunk spice that will make you feel guilty
•Constant action - Never a dull moment.
I'm mind blown. The horror starts from the beginning and never dies out. There was some slight spicy scenes that I oddly found...appeasing. There is something wrong with me but I know I'm not a lone lol.
Reminded me of Wrong Turn but if that movie were ancient and the deformed hillbillies were smart and feared what the call the devil.
•Fast paced
•Non-stop horror from start to end
•Splatterpunk spice that will make you feel guilty
•Constant action - Never a dull moment.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
“The Woods Are Dark is a 1981 horror novel by American author Richard Laymon. It was one of his earliest published works, and one he credited with having all but destroyed his publishing career in the United States.
A group of deformed, cannibalistic, humanoid creatures live in the woods...as some unlucky travelers are about to find out.”
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I’m going to say this was a fun read and don’t think less of me for having a dark side and using the word ‘fun’ for such a perverse and grotesque book. Horrific, gory and... well, fun. It definitely could have been longer, better written, more detailed with a more drawn out ending but it gave me the gore I was craving.
3/5⭐️
A group of deformed, cannibalistic, humanoid creatures live in the woods...as some unlucky travelers are about to find out.”
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I’m going to say this was a fun read and don’t think less of me for having a dark side and using the word ‘fun’ for such a perverse and grotesque book. Horrific, gory and... well, fun. It definitely could have been longer, better written, more detailed with a more drawn out ending but it gave me the gore I was craving.
3/5⭐️
In my search for my next horror novel, I stumbled across several people defining Laymon as their guilty horror pleasure. So I said why not? Lets go out and but a paper back. I bought his first book which is the woods are dark.
To explain this book in a couple of words, this feels like a fever dream. Everything is fast, you gobble up the pages, you go from character to character in a heart beat, you know it could be better, you know there is a million things you want and could change but you still somehow end up enjoying it.
Is it perfect? absolutely not. Is it enjoyable? Yes. Why? I have no clue.
However I couldn't help but wonder if the same plot was in the hands of someone like Stephen King, how this story would have turned out. It would be 2000 pages long for starters but it would also give the reader a much needed internal monologue for each of the characters. This book needed to be longer, to elaborate more.
In the end it got my attention, this won't be my last Laymon book.
To explain this book in a couple of words, this feels like a fever dream. Everything is fast, you gobble up the pages, you go from character to character in a heart beat, you know it could be better, you know there is a million things you want and could change but you still somehow end up enjoying it.
Is it perfect? absolutely not. Is it enjoyable? Yes. Why? I have no clue.
However I couldn't help but wonder if the same plot was in the hands of someone like Stephen King, how this story would have turned out. It would be 2000 pages long for starters but it would also give the reader a much needed internal monologue for each of the characters. This book needed to be longer, to elaborate more.
In the end it got my attention, this won't be my last Laymon book.