Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Carrion Comfort
Book Review: Excellent horror novel about true evil.
Summary: 5 Stars
Its a long, involved story about people with the ability to control other people with their mind. Doesn't sound that interesting does it? Don't let the premise fool you, it really is scary and intense--these characters are complete monsters and sociopaths. Dan Simmons is a talented story teller and shows us how absolute power corrupts absolutely.Book Review: Get this book now!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like horror - get this book now. Years after I read it the book still comes up in my mind. This is Dan Simmons at his best! The possibilities of this book are endless.Book Review: Good Horror Is Hard To Find
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is mostly excellent, a fun twist on the vampire myth. The evil `creatures' are quite believable, quite interesting and well drawn. Indeed, the villains are far more interesting than the heroes, and their little internal battles are far more absorbing than the hero's clumsy plots. It's a fast read, despite its huge size, although you may be annoyed by the last third. The ending is awful, relying as it does on characters being stupid, but then nothing is perfect, eh? I recommend it to horror fans.Book Review: Good Story - Bad editing
Summary: 3 Stars
After Reading his Hyperion series a friend suggested I read this book. (Didn't like Hyperion) I read it and was liking it...until they got to Philadelphia. Once they got to Philly, the story bogged and bogged. It seemed like Philly was supposed to be the climax and Simmons decided to carry the book on even further to a penultimate ending instead of the simple one he'd originally envisioned. I liked this book, but it was overly long. To me, if they had cut out half of the [stuff] in Philly, the rest of the book was okay. Give it a read. Its at least as good as most other books out there. Simmons is no King, not many are.
Book Review: Great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Why I think it's a great book? The author gives an explanation for people who can do more than ordinary people and what they do with them. Just by manipulating them with their minds they make history for the ordinary people. It gives an explanation how people like Hitler in the past could control so many people. Besides it's a fascinating story with a breathtaking ending. Normally I hate to read books for the second or third time, but this is a book you can read many times to understand all the happenings. I can recommend it to anyone who likes complicated stories with humor and a lot of action ! I sure hope there will be a sequel one day (I hope you read this, Dan).From a Dutch admirer.