Another excellent book by Edward Lee. Certainly not classical literature, but still, a fun story with good character development. Normally I find myself getting burned out on an author after reading two or three books of their books in a row. But I've read several of Lee's books and the characters and stories are always different enough to keep me coming back for another. ( )

1E1p, LE, HC, DJ, sig, F/F

What is it with slithering sluggy things that sends horror writers' minds into the gutter?
(I'm thinking of the horror movie of the same name no relation to this book. In the movie a man gets infected by an alien slug parasite - paradoxically the alien turns him in a better man and husband but in a reverse beauty and the beast ending his wife is icked by the monster does him in and elopes with Gaston). Anyhow.
I personally found that I don't really mind that horror often goes hand in hand with sex especially if it's campy like in a Carlton Mellick story or this particularly enjoyable effort by mr Lee.
It's just campy and fun B-movie goodness - executed really well - even if you are put off by body horror or torture-porn don't worry you'll sail through the book without trouble, the narration is so light-hearted and scatterbrained.

Giant parasitic worms? Oh my!!

I learned that there is a reason I don't like worms. Can't trust the little buggers.

This was good. He had me totally fooled until the very end. And what an ending! Loved that. ( )

Superficial stereotypes, monstrous worms, hidden military agendas. We've seen it a million times (well, maybe not in worm form, although Tremors is close enough). Slither breaks no new territory here, although it does get the Edward Lee treatment. That means almost all the horror is of a perverse nature, it's his forte and it works. Slither is mean and dirty, with almost no likeable characters, yet the combination of adult-themed horror and a genuine desire to see how people will die keeps you flipping the pages. Don't pick up Slither expecting to get cerebrally challenged, but expect an easy read which it entertaining enough, even though wildly improbable. ( )