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lesliekurt's review against another edition
3.0
I was expecting better, but overall, it is a good story. I'm a fan of Rob Zombie's music and films and was psyched to read this. It's a good story, but some parts were clunky with a few grammatical errors. I can look past this as long as the mistakes are sparse and the story is good, which it was. The most disappointing part of the book was that it switched to purple prose during the kill/paranormal scenes. I see purple prose as a way of disguising what you are trying to say, and it comes off as timid writing. I would never expect Rob Zombie to come off as timid. I thought he would provide a graphic, straightforward, and realistic narrative during these scenes, but I didn't get that. If you like horror and don't mind purple prose, you might love it.
magyklyxdelish's review against another edition
4.0
I hated the movie when I saw it a few years ago. However the book felt different and explained a lot more.
It was definitely a slow burn and had creepy imagery. Very unsettling. Great book! Horrible movie :(
It was definitely a slow burn and had creepy imagery. Very unsettling. Great book! Horrible movie :(
tblossom1's review against another edition
1.0
I got to the middle of chapter two and had to put it down. Too much for me!
sinisterhorror's review against another edition
4.0
Lords of Salem has a pretty good story. It has a fantastic prologue and then seems to slow down. But it picks up quickly. The only flaw was the ending. It ends rather abruptly and without exploring the consequences of what occurs. Obviously the birth of Satan's child would lead to the end of the world. But nothing like that is stated. Heidi has the child ripped from her, Satan takes it and disappears, and the witches dance, victorious. I would've liked to see the consequences for the world after such an event. Unlike some books that wrap things up at the end with an epilogue, Lords of Salem just ends. Perhaps Rob has plans to continue the story. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
rennegade's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't really have high hopes for this being an amazing piece of literature, but I was hoping to like it a bit more than I did. It got off to a decent start but quickly went downhill from here. I began skimming about halfway through the book, and I kept putting it on hold to read more interesting things.
Oh well! I think I will stick with Rob Zombie's music.
Oh well! I think I will stick with Rob Zombie's music.
kilcannon's review against another edition
1.0
Dumb. I haven't seen the movie, but it will have to have a lot of style to make up for this lack of substance.
biblio_lore's review against another edition
3.0
I chose to read this book because I had been intrigued by the film but never saw it because I could never rightly figure out what it was really about. Now that I do know, I don't know that I would see it but I did enjoy the book for the most part. I want to start off with the good stuff because I feel like the story is worth a read and I have to give it credit for being a good horror book. Make no mistake: this is one that is purely horror. Horror is meant to be disturbing and this is a disturbing read. There is a decent amount of gore and the murders in it are brutal and they some of the worst are right at the beginning. If you're a gore hound, you will love it. That said, there's something to be said about the people in the story too.
From the start, Zombie and Evensome set up a kind of difficult scenario to work with. You have the witches who are not good people and actively work to maim and kill. On the other hand, you have the witch hunters who are brutal and horrible people too. Then you have the sorry jerks that are going to be the biggest victims of the story and its events. This is something that I have noticed about Zombie's film work and if this bothers you too, you might want to skip this one because you get a definite "who do I want to even live through this and why" kind of problem going. I feel like this isn't as severe as some of his film work but I do kind of sense that there could be more to these characters or at least a motivation for wanting them to try to survive. The three that you get to know are decent but by the middle of the book, I felt like the narrative got too disjointed and you ended the book wondering what happened and how you felt about it. I won't say that it's bad enough that you shouldn't read it but I will say that it is something that horror fans are likely to appreciate more than the casual fan and even then, if you love Zombie's films, you will love it. If, like me, you find him hit or miss, you might want to keep that in mind before you pick it up.
From the start, Zombie and Evensome set up a kind of difficult scenario to work with. You have the witches who are not good people and actively work to maim and kill. On the other hand, you have the witch hunters who are brutal and horrible people too. Then you have the sorry jerks that are going to be the biggest victims of the story and its events. This is something that I have noticed about Zombie's film work and if this bothers you too, you might want to skip this one because you get a definite "who do I want to even live through this and why" kind of problem going. I feel like this isn't as severe as some of his film work but I do kind of sense that there could be more to these characters or at least a motivation for wanting them to try to survive. The three that you get to know are decent but by the middle of the book, I felt like the narrative got too disjointed and you ended the book wondering what happened and how you felt about it. I won't say that it's bad enough that you shouldn't read it but I will say that it is something that horror fans are likely to appreciate more than the casual fan and even then, if you love Zombie's films, you will love it. If, like me, you find him hit or miss, you might want to keep that in mind before you pick it up.