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typicalbooks's review
3.0
Entertaining and raunchy, this wild little nugget was fun to read during the holidays. I'm not a fan of humour and wanted it to be more horror. As a huge fan of all of the film entries this is named loosely after, I was looking for something darker. If it were renamed I may have not picked it up; had it lived up to the first two films more than the third I'd have not been able to put it down. So, 2.5 stars really as it teeters on my fence.
5hadow_girl's review
5.0
First, have you seen The Human Centipede (First Sequence), or The Full Sequence, or The Final Sequence? It may not be necessary to see the movie(s), but it gives you a better feel for just how bad things are going to get, and just how bad that 'we had curry for dinner' joke really is! (South Park spoofed it pretty disgustingly). I'm only kidding - Adam has re-imagined yet another *[beloved] classic, and made The **[in]Human Santapede into what is sure to be one of my favorite things for many upcoming holiday seasons!
Taking subtle shots at Warwick Davis, Furbys, and E.L. James, Adam had me cracking up through another story that ended way to soon.
In the Land of Christmas, joy & laughter spread like wildfire & chlamydia. Mrs. Claus is a ex-stripper, and a bitch-faced whore, who (in my mind) looks like a filthy, filthy Jessica Rabbit. Elves are missing, and Rudolph is nowhere to be seen. Someone is out to ruin the holiday this year, and Finklefoot is going to find out who it is!
Finklefoot isn’t about to save Christmas, or The Fat Bastard, for free. No sir. He, (and every other elf), wants a song written about him – one that will tell his story, and get stuck in the minds of humans everywhere for years to come.
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specialkxb's review
1.0
What in the hell I just read
If anyone was to ask me what happen I wouldn’t be able to excute a response. Random characters being introduced that it actually interfered with the actual plot. The dark comparisons is distracting from the overall story.
findingmontauk1's review
4.0
I was just looking through Amazon for some Christmas horror books when I stumbled across this cover, spat out my eggnog, and dropped my candy canes. How could I NOT BUY THIS? I am one of the rare people on the planet who actually thought the first Human Centipede movie was good: I thought it was creepy, not OVERLY disgusting (like people assume it is going to be and NOT like the second one), and had some awesome cinematography!
And this cover! It had me rolling! I love it!
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I'll be honest. But it had just the right amount of dark humor mixed with horror elements sprinkled with pop culture insults. I found myself laughing, rolling my eyes, and a couple times even grimacing through the details. The book read quickly and I loved the twists it took on the Santa we grew up with, his wife, his elves, his reindeer, and even of his biggest nemesis, Krampus.
I looked at some of Adam Millard's bibliography and have already found 4 more books that I KNOW I want to read and a few more that I need to research a little more and also see if I like his writing in more books. I give this one 3.5 out of 5 (rounded up to 4 as I am in the holiday spirit!) as it was some entertaining holiday fun! I truly think people will enjoy this more than they may give themselves credits for up front just base on initial judgments... but I will let everyone make their own minds up about The Human Santapede! Or should it be Inhuman Santapede? Or would (In)Human Santapede be best? You can be the one to decide!
And this cover! It had me rolling! I love it!
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I'll be honest. But it had just the right amount of dark humor mixed with horror elements sprinkled with pop culture insults. I found myself laughing, rolling my eyes, and a couple times even grimacing through the details. The book read quickly and I loved the twists it took on the Santa we grew up with, his wife, his elves, his reindeer, and even of his biggest nemesis, Krampus.
I looked at some of Adam Millard's bibliography and have already found 4 more books that I KNOW I want to read and a few more that I need to research a little more and also see if I like his writing in more books. I give this one 3.5 out of 5 (rounded up to 4 as I am in the holiday spirit!) as it was some entertaining holiday fun! I truly think people will enjoy this more than they may give themselves credits for up front just base on initial judgments... but I will let everyone make their own minds up about The Human Santapede! Or should it be Inhuman Santapede? Or would (In)Human Santapede be best? You can be the one to decide!
christy_aldridge's review
4.0
If you dont have a sense of humor, stay far away.
"This is The Land of Christmas, where joy and laughter are spread like wildfire and chlamydia."
I love a good satirical horror book as much as the next guy. I saw someone buy this book and just knew it was what I needed for the Christmas season. A good old fashioned disgusting laugh, and Adam Millard provided me with that.
I don't know if I've ever laughed so much. For me,reading this was like watching Scary Movie: so stupid that you either have to laugh or call it what it is and leave it. I laughed and enjoyed this silly, weird (In)Human Santapede parade because I have the sense of humor of a five year old.
I doubt most people enjoying this sort of humor, and some of the jokes weren't really my thing or overused, which is why I knocked off a star, seeing as the book wasn't incredibly long to begin with, but it still made for an enjoyable experience, and I may even read it again. Like a new Christmas tradition.
Basically, I had hoped for a weird, silly horror story when I bought this and I wasn't disappointed. I got exactly what I hoped for and I can wait to read another novel from this author.
"This is The Land of Christmas, where joy and laughter are spread like wildfire and chlamydia."
I love a good satirical horror book as much as the next guy. I saw someone buy this book and just knew it was what I needed for the Christmas season. A good old fashioned disgusting laugh, and Adam Millard provided me with that.
I don't know if I've ever laughed so much. For me,reading this was like watching Scary Movie: so stupid that you either have to laugh or call it what it is and leave it. I laughed and enjoyed this silly, weird (In)Human Santapede parade because I have the sense of humor of a five year old.
I doubt most people enjoying this sort of humor, and some of the jokes weren't really my thing or overused, which is why I knocked off a star, seeing as the book wasn't incredibly long to begin with, but it still made for an enjoyable experience, and I may even read it again. Like a new Christmas tradition.
Basically, I had hoped for a weird, silly horror story when I bought this and I wasn't disappointed. I got exactly what I hoped for and I can wait to read another novel from this author.
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