Advantages: gripping plot full of twists and turns Disadvantages: none-simply Laymon at top form
Melanie Conway is a violinist.One night,during a concert she suffers a convulsion and,upon coming to her senses,tells her boyfriend,Bodie,that she has had a vision that someone in her family is hurt.
Her sister,Penelope,is an aspiring mystery writer wh ...
Advantages: A good twist ending Disadvantages: Not an entertaining read
...If there's such a thing as a disappointing Laymon novel, then Alarums is probably it. The novel is shorter than most of Laymon's works, and I get the distinct feeling that it should really have been written as a short story. It concerns a concert violinis ...
Advantages: A nice cover illustration by Steve Crisp with the blood on the bonnet Disadvantages: Richard Laymon's name on the cover
The book started out fine getting up close and personal with the main characters but then nothing really happens with it, you keep waiting for a Typical Laymon bone cruncher when all you get is the adds on the back page for some real Laymon Magic. Thats ...
Advantages: Good start Disadvantages: Far too short..goes too quick
Half way through this book, I was really enjoying it. The first chapter was good and it sounded like the type of plot I like... the old "abandoned house where people had been murdered" situation, which I tend to enjoy in stories. The story had great poten ...
Advantages: If you're used to other horror writers, you probably won't see anything wrong with it... Disadvantages: ...but Laymon fans will be disappointed.
Allhallow's Eve is in my opinion perhaps the weakest of all Laymon's novels. It lacks the flair and imagination of his other books. Everything about this novel screams "average". The setting - a spooky old house at Halloween - is a stale and tired idea, a ...
