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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
Can we just take a moment to realize how awesome my wife is? When I told her I bought a audio book called "Rape Van" she laughed and said "Cool." Like yeah, this is what marriage is all about.
Anyway, let's talk about this book. Or Novella actually. It's not very good. Now that we got that out of the way let's discuss the good and bad.
Let's start off with the story itself. These two hippie looking mofos kidnap people in their van, sometimes rape them, and then kill them. Simple huh? This is backwoods, gore fest, over the top violence that you either can love or hate.
See I read a book a few years back titled "The Summer I Died" and I actually liked it. Same idea, same fucked up torture, same sexual violations. So why was it better? Because it had characters I can enjoy. Here? That's almost impossible to find.
Everyone is a piece of shit. No one is redemable. The people who are just die in mean spirited ways, which would be fine, if I cared when they died. I don't. They just get mulitated in terrible ways (rats eating you while alive, smashed in face while sucking a dick, bleach in the eyeballs) and yet I was yawning because anyone can make up great kills or most fucked up deaths, but I need characters to care about to let those deaths have meaning. This book failed to give that.
I give it a two because I did like the little twist, even if it was very predictable I still thought it was neat. They even address it here. I also liked a few of the kills.
However the rest of this book is just over the top, some really bad dialog, and the pacing is all over the place. The last few chapters turn into a action movie.
Overall it's a 2/5 and worth it only for die hard, backwoods, gore loving, horror fans. Everyone else stay far far away.
Anyway, let's talk about this book. Or Novella actually. It's not very good. Now that we got that out of the way let's discuss the good and bad.
Let's start off with the story itself. These two hippie looking mofos kidnap people in their van, sometimes rape them, and then kill them. Simple huh? This is backwoods, gore fest, over the top violence that you either can love or hate.
See I read a book a few years back titled "The Summer I Died" and I actually liked it. Same idea, same fucked up torture, same sexual violations. So why was it better? Because it had characters I can enjoy. Here? That's almost impossible to find.
Everyone is a piece of shit. No one is redemable. The people who are just die in mean spirited ways, which would be fine, if I cared when they died. I don't. They just get mulitated in terrible ways (rats eating you while alive, smashed in face while sucking a dick, bleach in the eyeballs) and yet I was yawning because anyone can make up great kills or most fucked up deaths, but I need characters to care about to let those deaths have meaning. This book failed to give that.
I give it a two because I did like the little twist, even if it was very predictable I still thought it was neat. They even address it here. I also liked a few of the kills.
However the rest of this book is just over the top, some really bad dialog, and the pacing is all over the place. The last few chapters turn into a action movie.
Overall it's a 2/5 and worth it only for die hard, backwoods, gore loving, horror fans. Everyone else stay far far away.
I came across this one of Miller's through a Dread Central review and clearly the people visiting the site took major issue with the name. A lot refused to read it solely based on that. I've read Miller's work before and while I admit the title is a little shocking, you actually have to READ the book to understand why he named it that. I won't give spoilers, but as I recently finished it, I will say that this is purely Miller. Brutal, graphic, gory, when it comes to detailing how psychotic people can be, Miller is the best. He keeps you guessing on who will survive. I enjoyed it as a horror fan and I do thank Miller for teaching valuable life lessons. Don't turn down that unmarked road.
Once I began reading I could not put it down. It's dark and disgusting, I loved every second of it.
It's what you think
THE VAN (RAPE VAN? I'm unsure what the title of this book officially is) is about a group of idiots who get into a car crash, get picked up by a group of serial killers, who get picked up by another group of serial killers. Even the book points out how ridiculous this premise is, so I'm inclined to give it a pass. Miller has a solid, no-frills kind of style that appeals to me, and he's never short on the gore. Of the extreme horror authors that are swarming Amazon, he's probably my favorite because he's the least pretentious (Matt Shaw, looking at you) and unflinching.
THE VAN is a quick read--a bit of junk food for your brain. You probably won't remember it a few days after you read it. One thing I wish authors would stop doing is letting the bad guy win and acting like the audience should be shocked. Some authors can pull that off as social commentary or whatever, but if you're churning these out month after month on Amazon, you probably can't. There's nothing wrong with writing something just for entertainment. Not everything needs to have a message.
THE VAN (RAPE VAN? I'm unsure what the title of this book officially is) is about a group of idiots who get into a car crash, get picked up by a group of serial killers, who get picked up by another group of serial killers. Even the book points out how ridiculous this premise is, so I'm inclined to give it a pass. Miller has a solid, no-frills kind of style that appeals to me, and he's never short on the gore. Of the extreme horror authors that are swarming Amazon, he's probably my favorite because he's the least pretentious (Matt Shaw, looking at you) and unflinching.
THE VAN is a quick read--a bit of junk food for your brain. You probably won't remember it a few days after you read it. One thing I wish authors would stop doing is letting the bad guy win and acting like the audience should be shocked. Some authors can pull that off as social commentary or whatever, but if you're churning these out month after month on Amazon, you probably can't. There's nothing wrong with writing something just for entertainment. Not everything needs to have a message.