Simon

Harrowing, Dark, Disturbing.............Loved it.

I brought this book for £1.00 and I would say it was worth just that. If I had paid full price for it I would have given it 1 star.

quick read, just ok for me, not as good as Family Portrait. I hated the name Boofuls worst ever name of a character in a book ever.

2nd read of this after deciding the read all the Hyperion novels again. Don't think it's as good as I thought it was first time around, it's really slow at the beginning and doesn't pick up pace until 200 pages in and picks up again at the last 200 pages. Onto the next one. but not just yet.

well written but boring. like trying a new curry, the fist mouthfull was interesting but spent the reast of the meal wishing i'd ordered a chicken balti. I read somewhere the guys that made Lost are making it into tv series and it will be interesting to see if they can make it work.

nowhere near as good as the passage just enough to keep me hooked for book three

James Herberts best book ever. worth the wait

Terrifying. particularly the first half of the book. Now we know it would be a lot lot worse.

first book ive stopped reading in over two years. didnt like it at all.

just so much more bonkers and unbelieveable than the other books i've read by Timothy Good.

some interesting revelations, believe what you will

Nobody transfers weird and twisted to the page quite like Adam Nevill

All you need to get on in life is an apple and a chain smoking sweary exorcist from Herefordshire. This is book is the epitome of a slow burner. If books with “twits that you will never see coming” are your thing, then this is probably not for you. If you like books with depth and brilliant characters then give it a go.

2 film makers investigate the demonic properties of suspicious wall stains. There's a cult, flying dogs, beer and poor diets. There might be a slight problem with pacing and it might be a little bit too long, but I really enjoyed it, loved the ending. The found footagey First half is 5/5 2nd half is a 4/5 because it does ramble on a bit, all of it is insanely mad.

I first read this in 89 back when I was 19 (young and innocent) and 2nd time around (old and cynical) I think I enjoyed it more. I've known a few people like the hideous Will Beckworth who surround themselves with people who think they are some kind of god, he quite likes his friends but gets bored of them easily , and will drop them at sniff of a quick shag in the bogs. The story of Charles Nantwich is the best thing about this book and offers a glimpse at the underbelly of gay life in early 2oth century Britain. 3.5 rounded up.

Highly original. Utterly terrifying. Nobody translates stress and terror to the page like Adam Nevill does.

There are hundreds of reviews that will pick apart the bones of this book so read them if you want. For me, Stephen King is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and this is his greatest book. Second time I have read this. This time I read the un-cut version and at 1420 pages its long, laws yes. If you are put off by the page count go for the standard version, I don't think you lose any of the magic, M-O-O-N spells magic. Just read it.

Everyone needs a Ralph in their life. Some bits are really good some bits are really really dull.

My Edmund White-a-thon enters it's 3rd year and this is the 4th book and the 2nd in the so called Edmund Trilogy. Art, Sex and lots of self loathing, funny at times but mostly sad. Ends very abruptly during the Stonewall riots. I preferred this much more than A Boys Own Story,

Belgium, a little known artist, seedy bars, soiled underwear, chat lines and one of the most obnoxious and unpleasant narrators you are ever likely to come across. The whole thing saved by the last 100 pages. Very strange.

Parts of this book are some of the most terrifying stuff I've ever read.
Parts of this book are some of the most boring stuff I've ever read.

The first 90 or so pages are so unsettling that when you get past that bit it feels a bit underwhelming and you have to wade through the next 100 pages before it gets really interesting again. That said, I believe and I do think that after you've finished this book, thinking about it is even more terrifying than reading it.

Sex and drugs and techno music in the Devon countryside.

So, Justin used to go out with Alex but left him for Robin who he met in a public toilet. Alex is now going out with Dan who is Robin's son. Then there's Terry the local handyman and rent boy. Alan Hollinghurst has a real skill in being able to write the most loathsome of gay characters and all the main characters have a stab at winning that award but Justin wins hands down, a truly hideous being.

Finding this hard to review. It's beautifully written but the main character I found so horrible, so selfish it was difficult to feel any sympathy for him whatsoever. I read this 20 years ago and gave it four stars and I don't remember feeling that way towards any character. Maybe I am older and wiser or maybe just more bitter.