Killer Crabs
by Guy N. Smith

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Book Review: "A Frenzied Army of Giant Claws Snap Men in Half"
Summary: 4 Stars

By the title alone, I expected "Killer Crabs" to be extremely cheesy, like a lot of other horror novels published in the 70s and 80s that involved some type of killer creature. However, it wasn't as trashy as I had expected. Sure, there's plenty of graphic violence and sex (especially some nasty dismembering scenes), but it's all essential to the plot and really quite entertaining and suspenseful once you get into it, especially near the end when three of the main characters are stranded on the crab's spawning ground with no way off the island.

Another plus to "Killer Crabs" is that it's very short--just under 170 pages. Even though this book/series is definitely geared toward guys, female fans of horror (speaking as one) should probably enjoy it as well. My only complaint is about some of the main characters, such as Klin (an unsympathetic loner who is also a borderline racist) and Caroline du Brunner (an extremely promiscuous con artist). Still, "Killer Crabs" is a lot of fun and ideal for horror fans.

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