This was a nocell that I really enjoyed. I agree with a lot of your points. The characters are great and the all female characters are fresh when it comes to Laymon. I also loved the flashback scenes, especially the one where they go out on Halloween night. Genuinely creepy. Yes, a bit long but I appreciate the fleshed out characters and the incredible attention to location. Great review. These little reviews on Laymon are greatly appreciated.
Finally got to read this one. Of course the first thing after finishing, is come to see your thoughts of it. Great review as always. All your points make sense to me and I (as always) appreciate your thoughts. Sadly, for me this was also too long and I had a few struggles to finish it. It didnt work for me. At least not as much as I thought it would. Especially the ending (with Jims scheme) made no sense to me and Left me very disappointed. Despite the well written characters (for a Laymon Novel) I would rate this only 3 out of 10.
I’ve got 50 pages left and I agree 110% about much of the middle and until where I am now, and that is the repetitive dialogue. The girls go over the same dialogue again and again when they are looking for Helen. The flashbacks are a nice respite. The choice not to go to the police was frustrating. The book could have been 280 pages instead of the 480 that is my copy. Body shaming is bad. He does squeeze in some body descriptions of the girls by the girls themselves or the narrator, instead of the traditional horny male protagonist, but much less than usual to be sure
On the topic of Laymon going on about fat women bein unloved etc….Laymon himself, in the one filmed interview that I’ve seen, is a kind of tubby, modestly overweight, nerdy looking, short hair, glasses, dweeby guy. Looks like the uncool guy in high school who might have been teased himself. So it’s odd about some of his characterization sin his books. Looking forward to reading this one
On the Laymon Scale (i.e judging the novel only in comparison to his own work) I'd give it an 8/10. But having said that I can see why some people might find this one a bit boring. I love it though.
Great book!
This was a nocell that I really enjoyed. I agree with a lot of your points. The characters are great and the all female characters are fresh when it comes to Laymon. I also loved the flashback scenes, especially the one where they go out on Halloween night. Genuinely creepy. Yes, a bit long but I appreciate the fleshed out characters and the incredible attention to location. Great review. These little reviews on Laymon are greatly appreciated.
One, not nocell. I hate typing on tablets.
Finally got to read this one. Of course the first thing after finishing, is come to see your thoughts of it.
Great review as always. All your points make sense to me and I (as always) appreciate your thoughts.
Sadly, for me this was also too long and I had a few struggles to finish it. It didnt work for me. At least not as much as I thought it would. Especially the ending (with Jims scheme) made no sense to me and Left me very disappointed. Despite the well written characters (for a Laymon Novel) I would rate this only 3 out of 10.
Love this book
I’ve got 50 pages left and I agree 110% about much of the middle and until where I am now, and that is the repetitive dialogue. The girls go over the same dialogue again and again when they are looking for Helen. The flashbacks are a nice respite. The choice not to go to the police was frustrating. The book could have been 280 pages instead of the 480 that is my copy. Body shaming is bad. He does squeeze in some body descriptions of the girls by the girls themselves or the narrator, instead of the traditional horny male protagonist, but much less than usual to be sure
This one was a wild ride! 🔪
On the topic of Laymon going on about fat women bein unloved etc….Laymon himself, in the one filmed interview that I’ve seen, is a kind of tubby, modestly overweight, nerdy looking, short hair, glasses, dweeby guy. Looks like the uncool guy in high school who might have been teased himself. So it’s odd about some of his characterization sin his books. Looking forward to reading this one
Skipped the review due to spoiler warning (ty).
As RL tends to be hit or miss could u mark it out of ten plz (in the comments).
On the Laymon Scale (i.e judging the novel only in comparison to his own work) I'd give it an 8/10. But having said that I can see why some people might find this one a bit boring. I love it though.