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Last Night Out: Special 5 Year Anniversary Edition par Ty Schwamberger
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CarrieGarrisonVos | 1 autre critique | Mar 30, 2016 | As the author suggests in his after-word, some people will love this story while others may hate it. While I don't really hate 'Last Night Out', I must admit I was disappointed by the book.
First, I did not like any of the three main characters - I didn't understand how they could be friends at all considering their constant nagging at each other, be it verbal or physical. At least the bartender didn't pretend to be anything different than he was - a complete nut-case. The writing was OK, but considering I read a 5th anniversary edition the story would have deserved some careful polishing in the way of spell-checking and general editing.
The crazy plot was definitely up to something and could have provided a simple, 'clean' and mean little gore-fest destined for pure entertainment, but IMHO it tripped over it's own ambitions. Sometimes less is more, and this story would definitely have benefited from less. Strip the unnecessary dialogue, nagging and thinking, maybe even to the length of a short story, and this could be turned into some really mean stuff.
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
First, I did not like any of the three main characters - I didn't understand how they could be friends at all considering their constant nagging at each other, be it verbal or physical. At least the bartender didn't pretend to be anything different than he was - a complete nut-case. The writing was OK, but considering I read a 5th anniversary edition the story would have deserved some careful polishing in the way of spell-checking and general editing.
The crazy plot was definitely up to something and could have provided a simple, 'clean' and mean little gore-fest destined for pure entertainment, but IMHO it tripped over it's own ambitions. Sometimes less is more, and this story would definitely have benefited from less. Strip the unnecessary dialogue, nagging and thinking, maybe even to the length of a short story, and this could be turned into some really mean stuff.
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
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misspider | 1 autre critique | Mar 14, 2016 | Fell Beasts is an anthology of horror stories with monsters in them. It's a pretty good collection with a wide variety of monsters: a Bigfoot, a werewolf,a devil, a crazy killer, a flock of crows, a lake monster, a demonic hotel, manticores, a woodwose, evil banished Christmas dwarf things, and some kind of frog monster. The stories themselves range from good to great. My favorite had to be the decidedly Bizarre "There Goes the Neighborhood: (Holiday Version/Extended Cutting)," by Brady Allen,which was the one with the Christmas dwarfs. My least favorite was the final story, "Yellow," by John Everson, which wasn't bad, but I just didn't find particularly exciting.
The only real problem I had with the book was its poor copy editing. I'm not usually one to even notice that sort of thing, but this book had so many mistakes, I couldn't help but notice. I hope that will be fixed in future reprintings, because if it wasn't for that, I would have rated it higher.½
The only real problem I had with the book was its poor copy editing. I'm not usually one to even notice that sort of thing, but this book had so many mistakes, I couldn't help but notice. I hope that will be fixed in future reprintings, because if it wasn't for that, I would have rated it higher.½
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