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dixievixen37's review against another edition
5.0
It was truly an odd book, but once it sucks you in, you can't put it down.
pickleballlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
In love book that take place where I have lived. This book has lots of suspense and adventure. I was on the edge of my seat.
icedragonchilde's review against another edition
Nothing particularly bad about it but nothing particularly great either. I was never invested in the characters and the plot felt pretty simple and predictable
jmeyers888's review against another edition
2.0
This book started out decently enough. However about half way through it just started dragging on and on and on. Then the annoying things started compounding.
For one, the sexual attack was too much for me. It would be one thing if she just got away, but no, the other woman takes her place and she just runs away to go get the men while these evil creatures rape the poor woman to death, because that’s how they “eat.” Additionally, having the woman get sexually attacked a second time is getting into eye rolling territory. The fact that the woman always seems to get violated while going to the bathroom because she refuses to pee in eyesight of someone is retarded. Why are we always hearing about her needing to go pee btw? That sure as hell wasn’t mentioned for the men. Also through out the book she talks about not being a helpless woman, yet she has to be save numerous times, and the only productive thing she does the entire story is drive a vehicle in the rain, which she ultimately gets stuck in a river and the men have to save the day yet again.
The ending though really tipped me over the edge. Here I am being drug along thinking, I’ve just got to get to good part, and it turns out all that was needed was each of the American’s glass eye. So basically the people didn’t even need to go through any of this ridiculous adventure because the only thing that qualifies these two as “important” in this story is the fact that they’ve both lost an eye.
For one, the sexual attack was too much for me. It would be one thing if she just got away, but no, the other woman takes her place and she just runs away to go get the men while these evil creatures rape the poor woman to death, because that’s how they “eat.” Additionally, having the woman get sexually attacked a second time is getting into eye rolling territory. The fact that the woman always seems to get violated while going to the bathroom because she refuses to pee in eyesight of someone is retarded. Why are we always hearing about her needing to go pee btw? That sure as hell wasn’t mentioned for the men. Also through out the book she talks about not being a helpless woman, yet she has to be save numerous times, and the only productive thing she does the entire story is drive a vehicle in the rain, which she ultimately gets stuck in a river and the men have to save the day yet again.
The ending though really tipped me over the edge. Here I am being drug along thinking, I’ve just got to get to good part, and it turns out all that was needed was each of the American’s glass eye. So basically the people didn’t even need to go through any of this ridiculous adventure because the only thing that qualifies these two as “important” in this story is the fact that they’ve both lost an eye.
verkisto's review against another edition
4.0
I remember digging this one when I was a kid. I have no idea how it would hold up today.
mkmcelroy's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book is definitely the product of its time. I found the main character to be insufferable while sexist ideas pervaded the text. The most interesting character, Olkeloki got almost no time from his own perspective even though he was supposedly one of the main characters and the most competent person in the story. Overall the horror elements were intriguing but choices surrounding characters really detracted from the quality.
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