Beast House
by Richard Laymon
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Author: Richard LaymonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04
ISBN: 0843957492
Number of pages: 334
Publisher: Leisure Books
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Book Review: A complete mess of a book
Summary: 1 Stars
Never again will I buy a book based solely on the one-sentence reviews on the back jacket cover. I'm convinced that the quotes on the back of Beast House must have been taken completely out of context. The storyline is sophomoric and reads like the script to a B-rate slasher film from the 70's (which isn't surprising considering it was originally published around 1980).
The characters are one dimensional and clichéd (like the salty old seafarer whose cringe-inducing dialogue is sprinkled liberally with the word "matey") and not a single one of them behaves in a manner that remotely approaches believability. Major plot points happen for no reason and are never explained (like an old diary that mysteriously appears in a motel room) or are so unbelievable as to be laughable, as when a house in which a murder has taken place is "thoroughly searched, top to bottom" but the investigators fail to notice a yard-wide tunnel dug into the floor of the cellar. Sprinkle in just enough pointless and poorly written sex of all kinds and species, and the end-result is an enormous waste of your time and money.
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