The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Conqueror Worms
Book Review: A Topnotch Post-apocalyptic Story
Summary: 5 Stars
Sea creatures, huge earthworms, flooded cities--Brian Keene's The Conqueror Worms is a topnotch post-apocalyptic story that fuses Christian and Cthulhu mythology. It's short, which is a little disappointing, and Keene opens with a whole chapter of slow-paced exposition--but that exposition develops the main character into a fully fleshed human being. Overall, an excellent read.Book Review: A Winner
Summary: 4 Stars
I am new to Brian Keene but have been making up for it reading anything I can get my hands on.
This book was a fun read although the the characters were going through a world running wild. I loved the main character but didn't know I would so much when the story started. I have never read a book where the main character is over 80 years old! As you read, you never EVER know what to expect next.
Highly Recommended reading.
Book Review: A differnt take on the end of us...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a fan of Keene's work for a while and really liked his zombie books. As an avid fan of end of the world style fiction I was still a bit put off by the cover and promise of killer worms. Nevertheless, I was stuck in a small town during the holidays with little reading options, and the local bookstore had this. Long story short, I decided to pick it up. Once I got started I really loved this book. The premise is handled well and never becomes silly. I also found the divergence to the side characters and their journey well used by the author to show us his nightmare version of earth. Finally, the characters were much better and less stock hero than the folks in The Rising/City of the Dead books. Overall this is a pretty tight little action packed apocalypse book. And as a side note I don't remeber the ridiculous scene from the cover were giant worms attack buildings.Book Review: A good read
Summary: 3 Stars
The plot is very similar to a short story I read before about a old man and his fight with a giant worm from the center of the earth right down to the household appliance that is used in battle. Writing from an dying old man's POV is weird but he grows on you, just a little bit like the white fuzz of the story. You can see the nods to Lovecraft and Poe. In all, a good read. It's a desolute view of the end of the world just like his last novels with zombies.Book Review: A great read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was truly a page turner. The old codger who is the main character is quite a refreshing change from characters who are in their late teens or early twenties. However, there are enough characters of all ages to go around.
The book has some great creatures and a nice supernatural undercurrent as well.
Enjoy!