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headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3815) [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions.php on line 4670: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3815) [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions.php on line 4671: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3815) [phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/functions.php on line 4672: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [ROOT]/includes/functions.php:3815) Horror World • View topic - The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:58 pm Posts: 6411 Location: The Back of Beyond.
Of course I start reading this and it's the usual brilliant storytelling from Laymon.
I've always considered Laymon to be a master at hooking a reader; he knew how to hook someone into all night page-turning, and he could do it by only the first chapter in a lot of his stuff.
It's already got me losing sleep. I planned collapsing on my bed right after typing this, but The Woods Are Dark paperback is staring me down from the corner of the table. It's saying "Horrordude ... just read me for another hour ... No one will know ..." I wish the voice was Eva's, but it sounds like an evil demon trying to enter our world ....
Punk-Ass Demon! I have Horror World on my side!
_________________ "There's no law, no law anymore - I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor." ~The Ramones~
I thought it was o.k. Laymon. All the ones about families or teenagers getting killed in the woods seem to blend into each other, I remember this one more because it was released recently. I still enjoy them as I'm reading, but they do tend to get mixed up in my head with similar ones after a while.
This was the second novel he had put into print. I think there are certain pacing problems and he goes off on some descriptions that aren't needed. But overall this book is very entertaining! Laymon packs a punch. I got pulled into the story and didn't put the book down!
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:58 pm Posts: 6411 Location: The Back of Beyond.
I still have a lot more Laymon titles to read, but out of the ones I've read so far, I love the guy. I love his style, just the way he can suck you right into the story, whether you like it or not.
That Laymon lady, Laurel, she can testify to Laymon's coolness.
_________________ "There's no law, no law anymore - I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor." ~The Ramones~
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:58 pm Posts: 6411 Location: The Back of Beyond.
Damn, I'm a sucker for naked people in the woods being hacked to death.
And after this I'm reading The Traveling Vampire Show. I'm going to be hanging out in Laymon's mind a lot this month-and that's a very cool place to be.
_________________ "There's no law, no law anymore - I wanna steal from the rich and give to the poor." ~The Ramones~
Joined: Sun May 25, 2008 8:27 pm Posts: 241 Location: New England
I really enjoyed Beware. I love it when Laymon goes supernatural on my ass. The Woods Are Dark was not so good for me. I was surprised that such a short book could take me so long to get through. It took longer than Island for Lord's sake (God, that was a good book). It just sorta seemed to me like a sub-par version of Ketchum's superb Off Season (though I think both books were released at the same time).
Joined: Sat May 03, 2008 10:49 pm Posts: 450 Location: Winnipeg
Woods Are Dark was my introduction to Laymon. Loved it and I'm now working my way through the rest of his stuff. They seem to have it all compiled into volumes of 2 or 3 books on amazon UK.
Favourite so far has been In The Dark.
Currently on the Beast House books. Loved the Cellar, thought The Beast House was a bit of a let down. Havn't got to the Midnight Tour yet. All three are in one of those volumes I mentioned.
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