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Cybersp@ce by Jeff Horton Discussion (Spoilers)
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last updated Mar 28, 2013 06:09AM
He Digs A Hole Discussion ( Possible Spoilers)
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last updated Aug 01, 2018 06:42AM
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Well, okay. A lot of people seem to "love" (not sure that's the right word) this book. I read that some found it truly scary.
I really didn't find it that scary or involving. It is in many ways a standard horror story but from a different starting point or possibly a different "take".
I don't want to give a spoiler or spoilers so I'll try to be a little oblique while giving an idea as to what we have here. The idea is sort of a bio-disaster...and if I go further it will be a spoiler.
I know, think ...more
I really didn't find it that scary or involving. It is in many ways a standard horror story but from a different starting point or possibly a different "take".
I don't want to give a spoiler or spoilers so I'll try to be a little oblique while giving an idea as to what we have here. The idea is sort of a bio-disaster...and if I go further it will be a spoiler.
I know, think ...more
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Absolutely Frightening!!
This was a very good read. However, I would have loved if the pace was a bit more quicker as at times it seemed as the story dragged itself...though I never wanted to give up on reading. Otherwise I loved the writing and all the descriptions, especially the disgusting ones...usually I'm hard to get repelled but N. Cutter managed to make my stomach flip flop.
His insight in each character was amazing, I loved how he described each boy and differentiated them by smells (at least the Scoutmaster Tim ...more
His insight in each character was amazing, I loved how he described each boy and differentiated them by smells (at least the Scoutmaster Tim ...more
Apr 09, 2017
Heidi Ward
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very-disturbing,
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horror,
reviewed,
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pb,
the-woods
"I recognize terror as the finest emotion . . . and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find I cannot terrify . . . I will try to horrify; and if I find I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud." -- Stephen King
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I have mixed feelings about this novel, but it doesn't surprise me that Stephen King loved it, since The Troop adheres closely to that advice Uncle Steve gave us way back in Danse Macabre. On the plus side, its premise i ...more
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I have mixed feelings about this novel, but it doesn't surprise me that Stephen King loved it, since The Troop adheres closely to that advice Uncle Steve gave us way back in Danse Macabre. On the plus side, its premise i ...more
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I've got mixed feelings about this one. Was it bad? No. Was it good? Not necessarily.
This was very much a middle-of-the-road book, in my opinion. I am fairly desensitized to gore so that didn't really bother me. I guess what this book lacked, in my opinion, was a strong connection between me and the characters. This isn't necessarily a judgement on the author's writing style or anything like that, I guess maybe I'm just not the target audience for this? ...more
This was very much a middle-of-the-road book, in my opinion. I am fairly desensitized to gore so that didn't really bother me. I guess what this book lacked, in my opinion, was a strong connection between me and the characters. This isn't necessarily a judgement on the author's writing style or anything like that, I guess maybe I'm just not the target audience for this? ...more
After getting over 200 pages in to The Troop and enjoying the ride, I came across a section that, in choosing not to read, also made up my mind to not read any further. Although the book was a great read and kept my attention I will not finish it. There are mentions of animal testing in the book too that I don't agree with but forced my way through, this next section though will cause me to stop reading. A book that seems to glorify animal cruelty holds no interest for me and has no place in my
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Jul 18, 2013
Ashley Eckard Susnir
marked it as to-read
Apr 23, 2014
Jim
marked it as to-read
Feb 01, 2015
Shannon Glen
marked it as to-read
Apr 04, 2016
Mark
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2017
Julie
marked it as to-read
Feb 22, 2018
Kim
marked it as to-read
Nov 09, 2023
Stefon
marked it as to-read
