Whoops, forgot to write this review when I finished this book a few weeks ago.
First let me say that this book starts with a couple of major disadvantages when it comes to me writing a review of it. Firstly, its a product of the modern world. Which is to say that the author clearly loves films. Nothing wrong with that, but I dislike books that are written with the author thinking about the movie adaptation. Probably a little bit snobbish of me but I feel it undermines the value of books in general when an author does this. However, in this case I don't think that was what was going on. I think the author had a story to tell and likes films....so its easy to picture this being made into a film. And indeed that is happening right at the moment.
Secondly, and more importantly, I'm a wuss. I will not watch horror films or read horror stories. This is a bit of a horror story. Small problem for me then.
But I managed to put my snobbery and wussery aside and get on with the book. And by and large I did get on with the book. It clips along at a good pace and is generally entertaining while it does so.
I wont try to explain the book....because I'm not sure I could. But suffice to say its definitely worth a read. In fact if you're a fan of horror in film or literature then I'd recommend this one heartily.
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