Reviews

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

punkbuddha37's review against another edition

4.0

Awesome epic horror well worth your time. Full review on my blog


https://jeromesbookshelf.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/chapter-one-carrion-comfort-by-dan-simmons/

a_solemn_snail's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gayatriii's review against another edition

3.0

I just finished this book and I'm exhausted! The plot is fantastic, the characters are endearing and loathsome, but Simmons' painfully detailed descriptions of seemingly irrelevant points ruined it for me. While it was enjoyable in bits, the frustrating pace is what I will remember.

imposterwalrus's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

cormoranlucreade's review against another edition

Very graphic and fatalistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

ted_funsten's review against another edition

4.0

Carrion Comfort, one of Dan Simmons' early novels, is a long horror novel. But Simmons is skilled at creating strong stories and characters to keep the reader involved. Though my interest flagged briefly at times, I was drawn along to the satisfying conclusion.
I've found other Simmons books off-putting because his literary references sometimes come off as more showing off than serving the stories. That wasn't the case here.

marieeve1978's review against another edition

2.0

It's never a good sign when the first thing you think at the end of an audiobook is: "finally!"

The book is too long. Some scenes are very good, but others could have been completely omitted. There are too many characters and since the author wants to make sure to not have any loose ends, the story is interminable. Finally the loss of my favorite character at about 50% of the book was a big let down for me.

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

1.0

Why do I keep reading Dan Simmons? I couldn’t tell you. His books are monster big and I haven’t even managed to finish some. The premise always sounds exciting and then there’s no delivery. This novel was long and horrible. Probably my last time delving into his work.

finestgreen's review against another edition

1.0

Did Not Finish. Reviewed 1 star after reading the first 26% because I just lost interest and couldn't find any reason to keep going.

raptorred's review against another edition

4.0

FINISHED. What an ending. It took me a while to get this done, but I think it was totally worth it. Mr. Simmons, I cannot wait to read your other books. He has such a way of creating a movie in your mind and becoming fully immersed in the plot, the characters, cheering on the good guys, booing the bad guys, and definitely making one squeamish at the uncomfortable, ahem, scenes.

This story is set in the 80s, so racism, political turmoil, police, gangs, film industry corruption, wall street devils, you name it. Everything comes into play and everything is tied to these vampires with the ability to control humans. Those with the Ability have influenced historical events throughout history. I believe this is truly a very scary notion to have absolutely no control of your mind or body at the whim of someone else.

The character development was very thorough and nothing is left to chance in the end. A sheriff, a psychiatrist and a photographer set out to catch the undetectable and uncatchable....

I didn't see this book as much as a horror rather than a thriller adventure imo, but still very well written.