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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
4 Stars
This was a crazy ride; like crazy-on-a-stick ride. A creepy pastor, ghoulish infants, and the age-old, good-versus-evil trope. Gotta love horror.
This was full of gore and violence; mostly done by evil babies, soooo....
This was a crazy ride; like crazy-on-a-stick ride. A creepy pastor, ghoulish infants, and the age-old, good-versus-evil trope. Gotta love horror.
This was full of gore and violence; mostly done by evil babies, soooo....
Another tale set in Arizona. As all other books by Little are creepy as hell. As other books there is a certain Good vs Evil idea behind. What' is what sort of thing.
Churches vs churches vs Satan coming. A preacher that arrives to "save" the day.
The characters Gordon Lewis and Marina are expecting a child in a town where several womens are losing their babies.
It's like seeing a B movie with a religion theme and gore elements. Good tale. But not the first story reading Bentley Little.
Churches vs churches vs Satan coming. A preacher that arrives to "save" the day.
The characters Gordon Lewis and Marina are expecting a child in a town where several womens are losing their babies.
It's like seeing a B movie with a religion theme and gore elements. Good tale. But not the first story reading Bentley Little.
Its not so much bad as predictable, bland, and somewhat boring.
Holy crap! A horror novel of *biblical* proportions.
Creepy supernatural/Spiritual attack on a small town. Equally as disgusting as the other Bentley Little titles I've read. He doesn't hold anything back. This is much older than the other books I've read by Little (The Resort, The Association) & I'm glad it isn't as tongue-in-cheek as those were. Those two books are extremely similar in nature so I'm glad he's not a one-trick-pony (you know, writing about organizations out of control). Good book and it makes me want to check out some of the older titles.
This book reads like a horror B movie. Thin plot, cardboard characterisation, stupid heroine, nightmare scenes (you often wake up from these), posessed monsters, mass slaughter, pints and pints of blood...there are even pitchforks!! Everything for the B movie lover... but not really for me.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Like classic 80s horror movies, those early 90s mainstream horror paperbacks have a unique feel to them. This book embodies that iconic style, which I could slip right back into, unlike my clothes (and style) from that time period. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and John Saul being my middle school reading staples.
The Revelation is a quick and dirty battle of good and evil. There isn’t a ton of in-depth character development and I didn’t feel like all of the loose ends were wrapped up, but it was a fun ride nevertheless. By no means Jack Ketchum level gore, but I could see a few of the scenes as “controversial” for back then.
This book is the equivalent of the fun flick you pick out at Blockbuster because the cover looks fun and you want to eat some popcorn with your friends. It isn’t shaking up your top 5, but you aren’t upset it happened. Much lighter than the grief horror I normally choose to “enjoy.”
The Revelation is a quick and dirty battle of good and evil. There isn’t a ton of in-depth character development and I didn’t feel like all of the loose ends were wrapped up, but it was a fun ride nevertheless. By no means Jack Ketchum level gore, but I could see a few of the scenes as “controversial” for back then.
This book is the equivalent of the fun flick you pick out at Blockbuster because the cover looks fun and you want to eat some popcorn with your friends. It isn’t shaking up your top 5, but you aren’t upset it happened. Much lighter than the grief horror I normally choose to “enjoy.”
I went into this expecting a horror novel, but this reads more like a novelization of a late 80s / early 90s B movie directed by Charles Band. This would have gotten at least 1 more star if it had been a bit less rushed and had fleshed out the plot/lore a bit more.
This is book three on the 50 states 50 scares list I am reading. If you missed previous post this was a list put out by the New York Times around Halloween 2020. It is a list of the most scariest book for each state and also includes Washington D.C. There are more than 50 books on the list due to a few trilogies and D.C.
This book is very unique in that the characters to me were generic and could be anyone. This is a story more about a town than people. The story takes place in Randal, AZ. a small logging town located between Prescot and Phoenix. Something evil has come to Randal and it is up to a group of four strangers to fight back the evil and save the town or quite possibly the world.
This book is a total page turner, easy to read, and reader beware it is graphic and brutal. If you can't handle body horror, satanic and religious undertones then this may be a book you want to avoid. Strange things start to happen from page one, a church is vandalized with satanic symbols written in blood. The priest and his family of the church are missing. Local farmers livestock are slaughtered and their blood drained. The farmers bodies are mutilated, and at every scene small little footprints are found. As the incidents get worse and things seem to be reaching a boiling point a strange street preacher shows up to town preaching sermons of fire and brimstone.
There five main characters to the story but you never feel anything for them or become attached to anyone. The first is the sheriff, Jim, again a generic name, no backstory is really given about him we know he is married and that's about it. The next is the Father Andrew of the church who is filling in while they town tries to figure out what happened to the missing priest. We also are told nothing of this guys past except this is his first time leading a congregation. Then you have the couple, Gordon a local Pepsi delivery driver and his girlfriend Marina. Like the others we are told nothing about their past. The last is Brother Elias, a mysterious street preacher who hitchhikes into town. He claims to be sent by god to fight the evil that is coming to take over the town/earth.
Brother Elias is the key to the story because up until his entrance no one knows or understands what is going on in town. Brother Elias forms the group of Jim, Father Andrew, Gordon, and himself to fight the evil. He tells the Jim and Gordon to get their wives/girfriends out of town especially Gordon's girlfriend Marina who is very import to the evil that is coming.
This book was so fun and entertaining to read. It is the first time reading Bentley Little and I look forward to reading more of his books. I highly recommend this book, even though the cast is generic this book is so good and as a stated it is more about a town than the people in the town. The cast could have been anyone.
This book is very unique in that the characters to me were generic and could be anyone. This is a story more about a town than people. The story takes place in Randal, AZ. a small logging town located between Prescot and Phoenix. Something evil has come to Randal and it is up to a group of four strangers to fight back the evil and save the town or quite possibly the world.
This book is a total page turner, easy to read, and reader beware it is graphic and brutal. If you can't handle body horror, satanic and religious undertones then this may be a book you want to avoid. Strange things start to happen from page one, a church is vandalized with satanic symbols written in blood. The priest and his family of the church are missing. Local farmers livestock are slaughtered and their blood drained. The farmers bodies are mutilated, and at every scene small little footprints are found. As the incidents get worse and things seem to be reaching a boiling point a strange street preacher shows up to town preaching sermons of fire and brimstone.
There five main characters to the story but you never feel anything for them or become attached to anyone. The first is the sheriff, Jim, again a generic name, no backstory is really given about him we know he is married and that's about it. The next is the Father Andrew of the church who is filling in while they town tries to figure out what happened to the missing priest. We also are told nothing of this guys past except this is his first time leading a congregation. Then you have the couple, Gordon a local Pepsi delivery driver and his girlfriend Marina. Like the others we are told nothing about their past. The last is Brother Elias, a mysterious street preacher who hitchhikes into town. He claims to be sent by god to fight the evil that is coming to take over the town/earth.
Brother Elias is the key to the story because up until his entrance no one knows or understands what is going on in town. Brother Elias forms the group of Jim, Father Andrew, Gordon, and himself to fight the evil. He tells the Jim and Gordon to get their wives/girfriends out of town especially Gordon's girlfriend Marina who is very import to the evil that is coming.
This book was so fun and entertaining to read. It is the first time reading Bentley Little and I look forward to reading more of his books. I highly recommend this book, even though the cast is generic this book is so good and as a stated it is more about a town than the people in the town. The cast could have been anyone.