Endless Night - Richard Laymon

A couple of days ago I was scanning my bookshelves for something to read. I couldn't make my mind up whether to go for a crime novel, or sci-fi or even something a bit technical. In the end I opted for a book by Richard Laymon. A few years ago now I had read one of his called 'Island' about a group of eight people who become shipwrecked on an, you've guessed it, island with a deranged maniac on the loose which I had really enjoyed. Remembering this ...
...his, published in 1993, entitled 'Endless Night'. It is a story about Jody Fargo, sixteen years old and spending the night at her friend Evelyn's house, when a group of killers break in. She witnesses her friend being kebabed by a spear and escapes the house but not before rescuing the only other survivor from the building; twelve year old Andy Clark. What follows is the desperate attempts of first the gang and then just a single member as they try ...

david_1967 12.03.2008 · Read full review
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Endless Night is in my opinion one of the best two or three novels Laymon has produced. It tells the story of a girl, Jody, who is staying the night at a friend's house when a gang break in and kill the rest of the family (a typically violent premise for a Laymon novel!). Jody escapes along with her friend's little brother, and they spend the rest of the novel being pursued by one of the killers. The great strength of this novel is that it never ...
...There is no setting of scene, or tiresome introduction at the beginning: the action starts from the very first page, and I don't think it's physically possible to put the book down before the end of chapter seven! If you want an example of an unputdownable book, try this one. ...

philsammie 12.07.2000 · Read full review
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Endless Night is a good book although it had enough potential to have been a lot better. A large amount of the story was told from the killer’s perspective, especially about his past which was mostly disgusting. Most of this wasn’t really necessary to the plot and was probably only there for shock value which got a little boring after a while. I found myself skipping through these parts to get to the exciting bits in the story, of which there were ...

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"Endless Night" was the first book I ever read by Richard Laymon. And it just got me going form there. At first the book was that thick I couldn't possibly finish in time to return it again. But as I started flipping the pages, it just struck me how good of the writing was in this book. Laymon writes as if in real life, not concentrating on the scenary, but on the conversation and the surrounding things. It certainly makes you scare and want to ...
...also knowing this would spoil the surprise. "Endless Night" was based on a girl and a boy how they fight through some mad maniac psychos, which the story at the end had a twist about a killer, how that he had survived. Very good book to start with if you just got to know Laymon. ...

xuan007 13.07.2000 · Read full review
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Endless Night is one of the most disturbing books written by Laymon, the story begins with a bunch of serial killers who break into houses and slaughter everyone in it. Jody Fargo is a sixteen year old daughter of a cop, who is having a sleepover at her friends when the killers break in, they massacre the entire family but Jody along with her friends brother Andy manage to escape. The story follows two different angles, one from Jody's escape and ...
...Simon Quirt who is one of the members of the group who slaughtered Andy's family, they call themselves the Krulls and are the sickest bunch you will ever read about. Jody and Andy are the first to ever escape from one of the killings by the Krulls and must be caught, Simon is assigned to hunt them down and to slaughter anyone who gets in his way, which he does with great pleasure. Follow the story of Jody and Andy on the run from Simon, can he be ...

steve0967 07.12.2006 · Read full review
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Endless Night was by far the best richard laymon book i have read, if not the best book i have ever read. He is a very graphic writer so this is not for the squeemish. I however love the detail he gives. He really puts a picture into your head and you really get to know the characters. Its a great read and you will probably find that once you get into it you wont be able to put the book down as your on edge all the time about whats going to happen ...

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