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typicalbooks's review
5.0
Right off I am adoring this book. Very brutal, not politically correct, and highly sexual.
sticksnstout's review
3.0
The first part of this book was pretty boring-mostly smut with a smidge of ghost stories. Chapter 10 it finally got good though. All of the bits and pieces that were hinted at earlier were explained in greater detail. Wrapping it all up got kind of ho-hum again, but the last chapter was pretty neat.
kkehoe's review
3.0
Perfectly serviceable ghost story about a haunted town, with a nice sexual twist to the hauntings rather than mere death, and a truly novel and great historical backstory.
mikekaz's review
4.0
Most of the books by Lee that I've been reading lately seem to be focused on Hell and the demons that occupy it. I've been wishing for one that isn't quite as Hell-centric; with THE BLACK TRAIN, I had my wish answered. Hell is definitely involved but rather than being the focus of the story, it is instead a sideline element. The main horror comes from the town of Gast, specifically the bed and breakfast called The Gast House.
Justin Collier is trying to get a break from his divorce proceedings and from the Hollywood life of having his show on the Food Network cancelled. Instead the "Prince of Beer" is looking to finish his book on beer with a micro-brew from the town. What he gets is lust filled dreams, vivid flashbacks of vicious acts and the barbaric history of Harwood Gast, a Civil War railway baron with very real ties to evil.
While I love getting my fix of sex and gore from Lee, he can at times skimp out on the story as he ties together more and more scenes of erotic violence. Fortunately that was not the case this time. Everything flowed together quite nicely and made a complete story. There was also a wide array of characters to become involved with and like. The only thing lacking was a little more of the motivation behind the actions by Harwood Gast. At the same time, I feel that we could see more of Harwood Gast in a future novel and that would be very welcome by me!
Justin Collier is trying to get a break from his divorce proceedings and from the Hollywood life of having his show on the Food Network cancelled. Instead the "Prince of Beer" is looking to finish his book on beer with a micro-brew from the town. What he gets is lust filled dreams, vivid flashbacks of vicious acts and the barbaric history of Harwood Gast, a Civil War railway baron with very real ties to evil.
While I love getting my fix of sex and gore from Lee, he can at times skimp out on the story as he ties together more and more scenes of erotic violence. Fortunately that was not the case this time. Everything flowed together quite nicely and made a complete story. There was also a wide array of characters to become involved with and like. The only thing lacking was a little more of the motivation behind the actions by Harwood Gast. At the same time, I feel that we could see more of Harwood Gast in a future novel and that would be very welcome by me!
samtee222's review
4.0
This was an amazing book, very exciting and fast paced. Some of the scenes in the book was just down right gruesome. The book is very creepy and I would recommend it to any one that likes creepy books (Like me). You will not be disappointed with this one. Edward Lee is a really messed up man to even think of any of those scenes found in the book. This was a true ghost story.
The book is about a family called the Gast, there was two daughters, Penelope Gast and Mr. Gast. Mrs. Gast slept with every man but her husband. Mr. Gast was a very evil man. He killed his two daughters by burying them and then after they were dead he had them put in their room and eventually eaten by their dog, he has his wife raped nearly to death and then axed in the crotch, killed the The house slave, killed all the slaves he had, had innocent people burned and raped, and he had so much more stuff done, Mr. Gast was a very evil man. The family is said to haunt the house. Like I said, the book is extremely gruesome. Some of the scenes that was described in the book was the most horrible things that any one could ever imagine. I have always wanted to go to a haunted house or to see a ghost but the Gast house is one house I would never want to step foot in. The history of the house and knowing what happened in those rooms, would make the house scarier, but I guess that's make a haunted house a haunted house.
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