... The story is about a magic bracelet which enables the wearer to step inside other people, to see through their eyes and experience their feelings - thus the name - Body Rides. The idea is brilliant and the result is a well written exciting book. Some of the characters are quite twisted and ... Read review
Advantages: Original Disadvantages: Some unbelievable characters
...- thus the name - Body Rides. The idea is brilliant and the result is a well written exciting book. Some of the characters are quite twisted and this provided quite a few unexpected laughs. The plot progresses nicely and over all this is an enjoyable book. It is well worth a read, especially if you are a fan of Richard Laymon's work.
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This is one of the better Richard Laymon books, although not the best. The story is about a magic bracelet which enables the wearer to step inside other people, to see through their eyes and experience their feelings - thus the name - Body Rides. The idea is brilliant and the result is a well written exciting book. Some of the characters are quite twisted and this provided quite a few unexpected laughs. The plot progresses nicely and over all this is an enjoyable book. It is well worth a read, especially if you are a fan of Richard Laymon's work.
Advantages: Entertaining and original Disadvantages: A bit hard to swallow
Body Rides is a good solid novel, and if you can suspend your disbelief, then you should enjoy it, but it's not one of Laymon's best. The central idea of the novel is a magical ring that allows the wearer to enter the mind of anyone else and not only hear their thoughts, but also see through their eyes and experience their senses. This is all fine, but my one gripe about the novel is that the main character never does any of the things that you or ... ...use it to find out what the President's thinking, or to see what celebrites get up to, or even to spy on all his friends. No, he uses it to try and catch a murderer. Maybe I'm being pedantic, but it just made the novel a bit hard to swallow for me. That said, it is still a good book, particularly if you can suspend your disbelief. ...
philsammie 13.07.2000
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Advantages: Maxamin entertainment! Good twist at the end. Disadvantages: um...can't really think of any
This was the first of Richard Layman's books I read and by far my favorite! The idea of being able to travel into other people's body's and feel their feelings, hear their thoughts is just amazing. I have often wanted a braclett like that, so I could find out the inner workings of my enemy's minds. The book....From start to finish you never want to put it down! I often missed me stop on the bus with this one. You really get to like the characters ... ...friend's with Neil, and wait tables with Sue. So I guess u want the story line? - Neil is a writer who lives in LA, having writer's block he decides to take back the two rented videos he earlier watched with his girlfriend (who's name escapes me), it's about midnight and not that good an idea to b out in LA that late, but he has nothin else to do, and to save himself a $6 fine for taking them back late. On the way back he hears a scream so he pulls ...
Notsosweet16 26.06.2001
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Advantages: A fantastic read. Disadvantages: It comes to an end.
This is the 1st Richard Laymon book i have read and boy am i hooked. This story is about a guy called Neil who saves a woman who is being raped and murdered. Neil steps in and saves her life, but only tempararily till the assailant catches up with her and finishes the job he has been paid to do by her husband. She is so grateful to Neil for saving her life that she gives him a Emerald bangle. Not any normal bangle. This bangle lets you enter other ...
MeJulie 28.11.2006
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Advantages: origional and very detailed.easy to read Disadvantages: so many twist which may lose you unless your a good,dedicated reader
A thrilling and exciting story where a young man gets a magic bracelet from a mysterious women whom he rescues from the hands of a killer. But that is not all…
A very good and enjoyable book that is easy to read and action packed.
I’ve read it and would recommend it to optional buyers. With great characters and such detail it is book not to be missed, especially if you like your novels full of thrills, action and twists. The story is a little hard ...
rose3000 11.04.2004
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~*~AUTHOR'S OTHER BOOKS~*~
As well as this book Laymon, who was mostly famous for writing horror novels, wrote many other books including: After Midnight Alarums, All Hallows Eve, Among the Missing, The Beast House, Beware, Bite, Blood Games, BodyRides, The Cellar, Cuts and Darkness Tell Us.
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Fiction
Genre
Horror
Title
Body Rides
Author
Richard Laymon
ISBN
0747215111; 0747251002
Manufacturer's product description
When Neal rescues a woman from a vicious assult, she gives him a magic bracelet, which allows him to step inside other people to experience their feelings. But the woman's attacker is out for revenge, first on her, then Neal, and Neal must use the gift to look inside the would-be killer's head.
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