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bookswithlukas's review
3.0
There's a story about a group of Satanists raising the devil, who upon raising him can't quite get over the fact that he looks like Charlie Sheen.
That's sort of what you're getting with this collection. It's weird and wacky but surprisingly well-realised. Skipp is much more of a writer than I originally gave him credit for, able to jump from gross-out gore to comedy within the same paragraph.
"Skipp's Hollywood Alphabet of Horror" was a favourite if you can find it. An alphabetical collection in itself, featuring vignettes from the seediest parts of hollywood. Overall it was entertaining for what it was and I might consider picking up one of his novels.
That's sort of what you're getting with this collection. It's weird and wacky but surprisingly well-realised. Skipp is much more of a writer than I originally gave him credit for, able to jump from gross-out gore to comedy within the same paragraph.
"Skipp's Hollywood Alphabet of Horror" was a favourite if you can find it. An alphabetical collection in itself, featuring vignettes from the seediest parts of hollywood. Overall it was entertaining for what it was and I might consider picking up one of his novels.
bookwormlukas's review against another edition
3.0
There's a story about a group of Satanists raising the devil, who upon raising him can't quite get over the fact that he looks like Charlie Sheen.
That's sort of what you're getting with this collection. It's weird and wacky but surprisingly well-realised. Skipp is much more of a writer than I originally gave him credit for, able to jump from gross-out gore to comedy within the same paragraph.
"Skipp's Hollywood Alphabet of Horror" was a favourite if you can find it. An alphabetical collection in itself, featuring vignettes from the seediest parts of hollywood. Overall it was entertaining for what it was and I might consider picking up one of his novels.
That's sort of what you're getting with this collection. It's weird and wacky but surprisingly well-realised. Skipp is much more of a writer than I originally gave him credit for, able to jump from gross-out gore to comedy within the same paragraph.
"Skipp's Hollywood Alphabet of Horror" was a favourite if you can find it. An alphabetical collection in itself, featuring vignettes from the seediest parts of hollywood. Overall it was entertaining for what it was and I might consider picking up one of his novels.
lkkirk75's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
maleficentknits's review
3.0
I really loved the novels that Skipp wrote with Craig Spector and was curious about these solo shorts. This is more like snippets into his lovely warped conscious; some interesting, some so so.
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