Hey guys I'm back for the summer! Haha, couldn't come on Ciao at all over the last severel months be...
Hey guys I'm back for the summer! Haha, couldn't come on Ciao at all over the last severel months because of excessive college work! Expect lots of reviews!
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Another top quality book by Richard Laymon, Quake tells the story of a family who are seperated in differant parts of LA, and their stories of finding their way home.
The book is written in three differant parts which are all happening simultaneously, with one chapter being dedicated to one part of the story, the next the other, and so forth.
One part concerns a man named Stanley, who is obsessed with his neighbour, Sheila. When the Quake hits, Sheila is trapped naked in a bathtub, and Stanley tries his best to get his way with her.
In another part of the city is Sheila's husband, who teams up with a woman and a teenager who reminds him of his daughter, and together they make their way towards home. And finally, the daughter, Barbara was in a class at school, and now along with three of her friends, she makes her way towards her mother, trapped in the bathtub ...
But the major problem is not the Quake it's self, but rather what the Quake has done to the people of Los Angeles. The Quake has practically taken away all the rules, people are looting, stealing, killing, and raping.
To me personally, this is more than your ordinary horror novel, this is a book which makes a point about the people of today. As soon as people think they can get away with doing what they desire, they turn on one another, and they do anything it takes to get what they want. It appears that after the Quake, their conscience dissapears, and they pay no attention to what is right or wrong. And as you can imagine, this makes getting home very, very difficult.
Quake is Laymon as his best, and well worth a read, especially if you are a fan of his work.
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Advantages: Chapters flow nicely, three seperate stories linking at the end, some good characters Disadvantages: Needless dialogue, unlikely scenarios, poor ending
tom1clare 08.11.2003 (10.11.2003)
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Advantages: Chapters flow nicely, three seperate stories linking at the end, some good characters Disadvantages: Needless dialogue, unlikely scenarios, poor ending
tom1clare 08.11.2003 (10.11.2003)
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