Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Carrion Comfort
Book Review: DREAM DREAM DREAM...
Summary: 4 Stars
Everyone has had once this phantasm or dream : to be able to control others to make them do everything we want them to do. This phantasm is generally produced by a sexual pulsion or aggressivity ; who could say that he hasn't mentally murdered a rather important number of people in his life ? At least, not I.The heroes of Dan Simmons's CARRION COMFORT do have this power. And not during their sleep. They really do what you have always dreamt to do. Without an ounce of shame or guiltiness because it appears that they haven't read Sigmund Freud's THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS !
But Willy, Nina and Melanie are quickly bored by their first essays and are now attracted and blinded by the power conferred to them by their gift. Then begins the Game.
The first part of CARRION COMFORT is really scary with the description of the mind manipulations invented by these new vampires. The uneasiness you're about to feel is aggravated by the fact that Dan Simmons chose to present, every 50 pages, the point of view of Melanie, one of the actors of the game. Through these pages, you will feel like entering the mind of a psychopath ; every murder committed by the old lady is justified by numerous reasons Melanie exposes patiently to the hypnotized reader. Soon, you are going to pray for the chapter to end so that you can return to the objective point of view of the good heroes of CARRION COMFORT.
The second part of the book was, in my opinion, not at the level of the first part, Dan Simmons using too many pages to give scientific explanations in order to give CARRION COMFORT the status of a violent thriller rather than a fantastic book.
Anyway, I warmly recommend this 900 pages production.
Book Review: Dan Simmons is one of the best.
Summary: 5 Stars
That a man can be at the top of a writing genre is impressive, that he can be at the top of two (SF and horror) is superlative. With this book Dan puts himself in rare company. Ellisons' guidance really shows in this book. Topnotch!Book Review: Did I miss something?
Summary: 2 Stars
I read this book due to the numerous great things I have heard about it. What a waste this book was. It could have been done in half the pages. It still wouldn't have been that good but at least I wouldn't have wasted as much time reading it. If you are looking for an epic novel of horror, look elsewhere!!!!!Book Review: Easily Simmons' best
Summary: 5 Stars
An ambitious, amazing read. It appears readers either love it or hate it. A work worthy of its length (unlike some of the works from other popular horror-meisters, who refuse the services of editors). A shame Simmons doesn't do more in the horror genre.Book Review: Epic horror and very well done
Summary: 5 Stars
You don't see a lot of "epic horror" books. Epic sci-fi, epic historical fiction, epic fantasy, yes. But epic horror is a rare beast. Simmons produces a wonderfully horrific novel on an epic scale in _Carrion Comfort_ and I heartily recommend this book to horror fans or to fans of Simmons' sci-fi and recent suspense books.The novel spans more than 100 years and moves effortlessly from first to third person, present to past, and is told by multiple narrators. Usually, this technique fails to hold my attention, either because all of the characters sounds the same, or because one or more the characters have nothing to say. Not so here. Simmons imbues each narrative with vitality and purpose...the overall effect is that you reading multiple short stories that are linked by a common ending and sometimes feature the same characters.
The story itself is a horror take on the concept of how absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is just enough of the supernatural element to give the book that creepy feel but not so much that one thinks "this couldn't possibly happen." Buy this book, sit back in your favorite reading place, and enjoy.