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Hello all, a buddy read for The Freakshow is starting Monday. So far we have
Justin
Kate
Mehmet
Anyone else is welcome to join, just let me know. Happy reading !!!!

I think I will read along with you guys.

lovely stuff :-)
So the new roll call is :
Justin
Kate
Ken
Mehmet

This will be my second Bryan Smith book, the first I read was Depraved. Really enjoyed the story line and looking forward to try another book of his.

This is my first Bryan Smith.

I have read quit a few of his, my favorite is Kayla and the devil and it is on sale on Amazon for .99 right now. I'm also reading the dark ones for a group read in my paced reading group. We read and discuss 25% each week, and I'm loving that one as well. I will start this tonight.

Thanks for that Justin its also on sale in UK kindle for 77 pence ! Sounds interesting. I started the book now, so far so good :-)

I have only ever participated in buddy reads for short stories. What are the rules here? Chapter by chapter discussions? Spoiler tags?

Spoiler tags Ken, just read at your own pace and if you want to discuss something use the tag.

I am 27% through the story, this book is pure comic book crazy, interesting but nutty.

I'm right there with you. Liking it!

Definitely a crazy book

Ever seen Killer clowns from outer space ? The evil clowns in the book reminds me of that movie a little. Not a whole lot as there is much more to this book

I am up to 60% and the book seems to have taken a random turn.

(view spoiler)[The kid walking up to the car window with the 9MM? Then running off into the woods and finding the blue-painted guy with a girl tied to a tree and one cut in half with a chainsaw? I hope this ties in some way to the rest of the story eventually. If not...we have gone into bizarro world for the sake of bizzaro...and not in a good way. (hide spoiler)]

Yep very Random Ken, think that is Bryan smith style. Depraved was like that.

I'm not very far in, only 14%. (view spoiler)[Clowns that pop like balloons, WTH! (hide spoiler)]
I'm liking the characters so far, especially Heather. Her boyfriend is a complete douche and I think he's going to cause her a few problems later on.

Getting started right now, sorry I am so fast behind.

Finished! My review:

I don't mind reading an occasional gore novel if the underlying story is intriguing. Unfortunately, Smith leaves way too many important details in this novel until the very end of the story. As such, the last few pages bailed out what seemed to be a very weak story with a lot of incredibly random events.

3 STARS

Finished the book last night. I enjoyed the novel, it never come together quite as well as Depraved. But i will certainly be reading more of his books. Want to write a review for both bryan smith novels i read. The ending was very weak but overall a good fun novel.

Kate wrote: "I'm not very far in, only 14%. [spoilers removed]
I'm liking the characters so far, especially Heather. Her boyfriend is a complete douche and I think he's going to cause her a few problems later on."

Yes, the boyfriend is a douche. Why do I picture Ashton Kutcher?

Now I'm going to picture Ashton Kutcher every time I read this. Not good.

(view spoiler)[I thought at first he was going to have to kill a child in the house! the teenager was bad enough. At least he didn't get to touch the sister. He's quite the sicko. (hide spoiler)]

I just finished this today. I'm rating it 4*, I really enjoyed it but it sort of lost me a bit 3/4 of the way through. (view spoiler)[I also thought that the characters weren't engaging enough and that there could have been some more character development. I thought I would have been rooting for the main characters a bit more but found that I didn't really like them enough to ultimately care what happened to them. (hide spoiler)]Still a good fun read and I'm looking forward to reading some more of his work. Might start Depraved next.

I'm starting late but i'm in been wanting to read this one

Never to late Tim :-) This your first Bryan Smith ?

I'm at about 15% is all, I'm having trouble getting into it. Balloon like clowns? Seems kind of dumb. I might not finish it.

Ohhh :-( i liked the crazy clowns.

It's just kind of weird.

Justin wrote: "It's just kind of weird."

It is weird but stick with it. I got hooked a little further in when the plot starts to develop.

Did you finish Justin?