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lakserk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
sparks_fitz's review
1.0
Hot garbage. Takes a great concept and ruins it, and it has weird pedophilia. Ends in an anti-climax, and Leiber has no idea how to write horror. It's in first person, and the tense parts are just the protagonist saying "I'm so scared... I felt a chill down my spine.. I kept running out of fear". Tell me why your scared! Please! Describe what's around you! Tell me what the city looks like! As much as I loathe to say it, what I thought it's concepts were going to be (it touches them oh so briefly) inspired me greatly, and has been a big influence on a novel I started to write and just general concepts I want to do things with. Hate that I would have to cite this garbage book as an influence, but oh well. 1.5 stars, don't read.
anti_formalist12's review against another edition
3.0
Liked it a ton right up until the end. Marred the proceedings.
jminsf's review
2.0
A rather silly horror story, but it all takes place in my back yard (Corona Heights), so that earned it an extra star.