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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Savage in Books

May 2, 2022

Savage

Richard Laymon | 1993 | Crime, Horror

7.0

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excellent story, good characters, interesting plot (0 more)

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Great take on an Urban Myth

A really excellent read. Being a fan of King, Herbert, Masterton, Barker etc, I do like a good horror and this almost ticks all the boxes for me. The idea behind the story is genius and sets its basis on the Jack the Ripper myth. Now imagine that a boy witnessed him murder, followed him, got caught by him, kidnapped by him and taken to America, with me so far? Now also imagine said boy decides to track down this killer and that is basically what the book is about. With it being set in the eighteen hundreds it makes clever use of the fact that there were no computers to help him, no internet to search, no mobile telephone to aid him. This is one boy (at the start) and his quest to track down and kill a killer. The book has more than this to offer though. The best way i can describe it is The Hardy Boys meets Around the World in 80 days :) Worth a read and definitely a different take on the whole Jack the Ripper myth :)

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Morgan Sheppard (936 KP) created a post

Aug 1, 2023

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY, FIRE IN THE RAIN!!!

FIRE IN THE RAIN finds trouble once more on the island of Wraidd Elfennol. Will the Chosen of Fire and Water succeed? Or is the Island of Wraidd Elfennol doomed to live forever beneath the shadows of Cysgod?

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Gisell Middleton (189 KP) rated The Only Good Indians in Books

Feb 5, 2020

This horror novel is perfect for fans of The Terror. The story sucks you in before you know it and soon you are as unsure and terrified as the protagonists. The blend of folklore and legend, of myth and supernatural, of real and make believe are what keeps you reading long after it’s given you the creeps.

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Amy Tan recommended The Woman Warrior in Books (curated)

"I was stunned when I read this book in the 1976, and not just because it was the first book I read by an Asian American woman. Hong Kingston wraps family history around myth and discovers the ghosts of woman who have traveled through time into her own life. I felt those ghosts and went looking for mine."

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