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The Lake
To save the environment, it had to be controlled.
To save the people, it had to be stopped.
To save the town, it had to be destroyed.
From out of the depths of The Lake rose a horror born of a technological disaster -- a terrifying force that defied the laws of nature and threatened mankind with a new kind of death.
A novel to make the blood run cold by the master of sinister fiction.
To save the people, it had to be stopped.
To save the town, it had to be destroyed.
From out of the depths of The Lake rose a horror born of a technological disaster -- a terrifying force that defied the laws of nature and threatened mankind with a new kind of death.
A novel to make the blood run cold by the master of sinister fiction.
365 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1993
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R. Karl Largent
25 books10 followersR. Karl Largent, a.k.a. Robin Karl or Simon Lawrence, is an author, lecturer, and columnist who teaches writing at Tri-State University. Before launching his writing career, he spent 30 years in industry, the last 17 as VP of Marketing for a Fortune 500 multinational. A former horse show judge and trainer of youth horses, he competed in SCCA road racing events, flew as a weather observer in the USAF, completed a tour of duty in the Arctic and served with the U.S. Weather Bureau.
R. Karl Largent is the author of over 600 columns. He has also authored nearly two dozen novels including the bestselling "Red" series. He has also written six non-fiction books as well as numerous articles for magazines, newspapers and other publications.
R. Karl Largent is the author of over 600 columns. He has also authored nearly two dozen novels including the bestselling "Red" series. He has also written six non-fiction books as well as numerous articles for magazines, newspapers and other publications.
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November 16, 2018
Setting up a book about giant, mutated, killer fish then devoting 80% of the pages to the efforts of a small town managing a cloud of toxic vapor is the very definition of self-defeating.
October 24, 2020
I got this book years ago for the cover, it’s Leisure Horror before it became Leisure Horror.
This story sucked me and the blurb on the cover doesn’t do it justice.
This story sucked me and the blurb on the cover doesn’t do it justice.
March 5, 2011
A horror story so awful I had to finish it just to see where it was going. Despite the cover image, The Lake has nothing to do with giant, killer catfish. Instead, the book's villain is a fog that turns people inside out (more or less), although, frustratingly for Largent, the title 'The Fog' had already been taken by James Herbert.
But the worst part of The Lake isn't the disappointment when you realize that mutated walking catfish are never going to emerge to terrorize the town. It is our hero. A novelist who is ostensibly working on a tale about killer sharks, our dashing protagonist is near-invincible. Put in the same situations where others have died and literally melted away, he walks out with barely a scratch. This is one of the rare cases where I gave the book an extra star for being bad. The unintentional humor afforded by Largent's two-dimensional characters is worth it.
But the worst part of The Lake isn't the disappointment when you realize that mutated walking catfish are never going to emerge to terrorize the town. It is our hero. A novelist who is ostensibly working on a tale about killer sharks, our dashing protagonist is near-invincible. Put in the same situations where others have died and literally melted away, he walks out with barely a scratch. This is one of the rare cases where I gave the book an extra star for being bad. The unintentional humor afforded by Largent's two-dimensional characters is worth it.
February 8, 2023
Well I did not expect this story at all. The cover is very misleading. Yes there are a couple of mutated fish but it's not the focus of the story. By the cover and the little explanation on the back cover I was expecting some kind of horror, gore people eating fish monster story but it turned out to not be the case (sigh) It felt dragged out and I was really struggling to finish it in the end.
May 6, 2021
At some point, everyone has asked the question, either mentally or out loud, but probably both: "What if William W. Johnstone, but more competent?"
No? Only me?
Fine, whatever. I'm going anyway. I'm pleased as punch to discover R. Karl Largent, because if The Lake is anything to go by, then he's what you get if you take all the gun-humping, right-wing-propaganda-spewing, hellfire-and-brimstone-variant-of-Christianity-believing Patriotism(tm) away from Johnstone, and replace it with more rounded characters and a better ear for dialog.
Don't misunderstand me. I find Johnstone's books endlessly fascinating despite no Venn diagram in the world being capable of accurately depicting where he and I align in any belief system. I will continue reading and reviewing and savoring their unique breed of story until the day I can no longer see the print on the paperback pages. But you gotta want to read Johnstone, and an awful lot of his stuff comes down to pages and pages of people flapping their gums instead of actually doing anything. Johnstone was a master of the passive-voiced man of action. Sometimes his books...crawl.
Largent, on the other hand, chucks napalm on the Johnstone formula, then takes up a position and snipes everything that comes out running to escape the conflagration. And I'm not ashamed to admit, I had the time of my life watching him do just that. The pages in The Lake flew by at a rate which kept me reading well into the early morning, much to the chagrin of my wife who finally demanded I turn off the light so she could go to sleep. The only reason I finished The Lake several hours later than originally intended is because the bed is more comfortable than the sofa upstairs, and I had to work the next day.
The major downside to The Lake is just how misleading the cover art is. I mean, take the cover of William Schoell's Saurian, rearrange a few scales, and it looks like the same book. This has "creature feature" written all over it. Actually, this is the main reason I picked it up: I plowed through Saurian so quickly I wanted a second round of killer critters munching people.
The Lake is not that. The closest it comes are some giant mutated lake gar that cause some damage and, yes, do gobble a couple of folks. But they're a secondary-antagonist, and utterly harmless as long as you stay out of the water. Sadly, giant mutated lake gar never sprout wings or flippers and go on a spawning orgy through the nearby small town. If this is what you're looking for, put The Lake down. This is an environmental disaster/technology run amok scenario crossed with aspects of Die Hard, and I highly commend Largent for his ability to keep punchy one-liners out of his point-of-view protagonist's mouth. I'm not so sure I wouldn't succumb to the temptation had I been in his shoes.
Largent liberally cribs from Jaws and every other "Nature Devours Everyone" story he can get his hands on, and it's most unfortunate at this point that Stephen King had claimed "The Mist" and James Herbert "The Fog", because either would have been a more accurate title, and "The Vapor Cloud" just doesn't have the same punch. Also, it's nice to see that rather than a sinister corporation or some branch of the US government or military being responsible for the disaster, it's just a domino chain of bad luck that starts everything rolling and brings us the human-devouring vapors. Largent could have very easily plotted out a fill-in-the-blanks story where the US military was mutating catfish to use as weapons of war or some other nonsense, but instead it's just a series of unfortunate mishaps that create one colossal disaster with an enormous body count.
So even though The Lake wasn't at all what I expected when I pulled it off my shelf, that actually turned out for the better. I had a blast reading it, and I'm definitely wishing I had discovered Largent two decades ago. This is William W. Johnstone, but competent, and to me, that's hella entertaining any day of the week!
No? Only me?
Fine, whatever. I'm going anyway. I'm pleased as punch to discover R. Karl Largent, because if The Lake is anything to go by, then he's what you get if you take all the gun-humping, right-wing-propaganda-spewing, hellfire-and-brimstone-variant-of-Christianity-believing Patriotism(tm) away from Johnstone, and replace it with more rounded characters and a better ear for dialog.
Don't misunderstand me. I find Johnstone's books endlessly fascinating despite no Venn diagram in the world being capable of accurately depicting where he and I align in any belief system. I will continue reading and reviewing and savoring their unique breed of story until the day I can no longer see the print on the paperback pages. But you gotta want to read Johnstone, and an awful lot of his stuff comes down to pages and pages of people flapping their gums instead of actually doing anything. Johnstone was a master of the passive-voiced man of action. Sometimes his books...crawl.
Largent, on the other hand, chucks napalm on the Johnstone formula, then takes up a position and snipes everything that comes out running to escape the conflagration. And I'm not ashamed to admit, I had the time of my life watching him do just that. The pages in The Lake flew by at a rate which kept me reading well into the early morning, much to the chagrin of my wife who finally demanded I turn off the light so she could go to sleep. The only reason I finished The Lake several hours later than originally intended is because the bed is more comfortable than the sofa upstairs, and I had to work the next day.
The major downside to The Lake is just how misleading the cover art is. I mean, take the cover of William Schoell's Saurian, rearrange a few scales, and it looks like the same book. This has "creature feature" written all over it. Actually, this is the main reason I picked it up: I plowed through Saurian so quickly I wanted a second round of killer critters munching people.
The Lake is not that. The closest it comes are some giant mutated lake gar that cause some damage and, yes, do gobble a couple of folks. But they're a secondary-antagonist, and utterly harmless as long as you stay out of the water. Sadly, giant mutated lake gar never sprout wings or flippers and go on a spawning orgy through the nearby small town. If this is what you're looking for, put The Lake down. This is an environmental disaster/technology run amok scenario crossed with aspects of Die Hard, and I highly commend Largent for his ability to keep punchy one-liners out of his point-of-view protagonist's mouth. I'm not so sure I wouldn't succumb to the temptation had I been in his shoes.
Largent liberally cribs from Jaws and every other "Nature Devours Everyone" story he can get his hands on, and it's most unfortunate at this point that Stephen King had claimed "The Mist" and James Herbert "The Fog", because either would have been a more accurate title, and "The Vapor Cloud" just doesn't have the same punch. Also, it's nice to see that rather than a sinister corporation or some branch of the US government or military being responsible for the disaster, it's just a domino chain of bad luck that starts everything rolling and brings us the human-devouring vapors. Largent could have very easily plotted out a fill-in-the-blanks story where the US military was mutating catfish to use as weapons of war or some other nonsense, but instead it's just a series of unfortunate mishaps that create one colossal disaster with an enormous body count.
So even though The Lake wasn't at all what I expected when I pulled it off my shelf, that actually turned out for the better. I had a blast reading it, and I'm definitely wishing I had discovered Largent two decades ago. This is William W. Johnstone, but competent, and to me, that's hella entertaining any day of the week!
January 2, 2024
2.5. Okay, it’s not really about a creature. It’s more of an eco thriller with stereotypical characters that were entertaining. So if you’re looking for a creature thriller you’re gonna be disappointed. However as an eco thriller it is a good way to spend some time.
July 10, 2021
1.5
Two sticking points about this heavy-handed paperback:
1) Take a good look at that cover. Said monster does not appear. In fact, only a couple of mutated fish give this a few minor horror elements. The story is mostly an over-plotted eco-thriller about a deadly gas killing residents of a small lake town.
I did not sign up for that.
2) Our hero is an author struggling with writer’s block yet he scores the town beauty, gets free reign to have all the details of police business, helps them investigate murders as well as question the manager of the factory they suspect of polluting, gets to go down in an underwater sub (with no training) with scientists and, in the finale, becomes a bad-ass hero proficient with handguns and fisticuffs - this is lazily explained by saying he was in Vietnam.
Yeah, this was a dull masturbatory fantasy from an author who should have delivered a prehistoric fish chomping humans and nothing more.
Two sticking points about this heavy-handed paperback:
1) Take a good look at that cover. Said monster does not appear. In fact, only a couple of mutated fish give this a few minor horror elements. The story is mostly an over-plotted eco-thriller about a deadly gas killing residents of a small lake town.
I did not sign up for that.
2) Our hero is an author struggling with writer’s block yet he scores the town beauty, gets free reign to have all the details of police business, helps them investigate murders as well as question the manager of the factory they suspect of polluting, gets to go down in an underwater sub (with no training) with scientists and, in the finale, becomes a bad-ass hero proficient with handguns and fisticuffs - this is lazily explained by saying he was in Vietnam.
Yeah, this was a dull masturbatory fantasy from an author who should have delivered a prehistoric fish chomping humans and nothing more.
October 15, 2025
Found this beauty a while back at my favorite secondhand book store in Amsterdam (thebookexchange) beautifull looking book that captivated my curiosity immediately. I wished the book was as good as its cover, sadly it was not. Terrible book 😂🙈 i was hoping for some big fish monster action ala Jaws, but what i got was a stupid eco thriller with a sort of cloud that was dangerous and a incredibly dull story.. Hardly any big monster fish. It was a long time ago i would not check out a book before buying and just go for the cover, but it will be awhile again after this debacle i think.
June 21, 2024
Jaws but on a lake...this is what I thought going in and it certainly started that way. I love a good creature-feature and, early on, THE LAKE was ticking all those boxes until...the plot went sideways; que generic villain in a position of power with a score to settle, a science experiment gone wrong, and a toy manufacturer commissioned to make weapons for the Department of Defence, oh and I can't forget about the protagonist; an out of town author who is somehow an expert marksman, skilled hand-to-hand fighter, choice deep sea diver, and sometime scientist too who just so happens to be the only man who can save a whole town! Yeah, this went off the rails. Had the all tools but didn't know how to use them.
April 14, 2022
2.5 stars
This is a strange book to review because while it’s competently written, has a story that is easy to follow, and fits nicely into the horror genre, it’s also a dumb story that goes totally off the rails and has a terribly misleading cover.
As an author of the 90s horror boom, I always thought Largent was slightly better than the typical quick buck authors of the era (feels like Laymon but without the kiddie porn and statutory rape), and his his style is exactly the same in The Lake but overall, this is not his best work.
Long story short, that cover of the mutated gar fish is 100% false. Yes, a creature like this does exist in the book, however it takes backstage to the overall plot of an incoming and inescapable eco-disaster brought on by selfish greed and hubris.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea, I just wanted better execution, characters, and overall conclusion.
This is a strange book to review because while it’s competently written, has a story that is easy to follow, and fits nicely into the horror genre, it’s also a dumb story that goes totally off the rails and has a terribly misleading cover.
As an author of the 90s horror boom, I always thought Largent was slightly better than the typical quick buck authors of the era (feels like Laymon but without the kiddie porn and statutory rape), and his his style is exactly the same in The Lake but overall, this is not his best work.
Long story short, that cover of the mutated gar fish is 100% false. Yes, a creature like this does exist in the book, however it takes backstage to the overall plot of an incoming and inescapable eco-disaster brought on by selfish greed and hubris.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea, I just wanted better execution, characters, and overall conclusion.
September 1, 2014
I am giving this book three stars because it did entertain me, but it is full of unrealistic characters doing unrealistic things. First of all, the main character has no reason to put himself in such danger for people in a community he doesnt' even belong to. He is a civilian, not a police officer or firefighter, yet the throws himself into the thick of things. Also, even when mulitple people are dying horribly of toxic chemicals, no one informs the EPA or any state police. It's as if the town is isolated from everywhere. The lake would be swarming with state workers and goverment employees in Haz-mat suits so early on it makes 90% of the story impossible. Also, the main character was not that likable. I did enjoy reading parts of it for the suspense and was interested in the mystery of what exactly was causing the problem, but the book left a lot to be desired.
June 15, 2018
A watery grave none can escape. From out of the depths rose a horror born of a technological disaster - a terrifying force that defied the laws of nature and threatened mankind with a new kind of death.
Mutant gars, weird weather, mysterious factory at the end of the lake.... sounds right up my alley! I had thought this was going to be a fun (sea) creature feature, but it is actually more of an environmental disaster themed horror book instead. It is a good story, and an entertaining read, but I would have definitely liked if it had more mutant gar action! :D You can never go wrong with MORE mutants! There were a few holes in the plot here and there, but over all it was a decent story with a mystery that kept me hooked all the way to the end. I had a lot of fun watching the main characters piece together the story of what was happening to their little town on the lake.
Mutant gars, weird weather, mysterious factory at the end of the lake.... sounds right up my alley! I had thought this was going to be a fun (sea) creature feature, but it is actually more of an environmental disaster themed horror book instead. It is a good story, and an entertaining read, but I would have definitely liked if it had more mutant gar action! :D You can never go wrong with MORE mutants! There were a few holes in the plot here and there, but over all it was a decent story with a mystery that kept me hooked all the way to the end. I had a lot of fun watching the main characters piece together the story of what was happening to their little town on the lake.
July 14, 2020
Terrible characters in unbelievable situations. I enjoy a good cheesy 80's horror paperback, but this one got to be unbearable. Things started off promising as a couple of vacationers are attacked and killed by giant mutated fish, but then there are government and corporate conspiracies, ecological disasters and a poisonous killer cloud. The book was so wildly unfocused that by the end I no longer cared.
October 9, 2020
I took a minute to really think about my rating for this book. If you are looking for a creature feature (like I thought this was based on the cover) then go somewhere else because that aspect is a 1 star for me. Overall, I ended up giving the book 3 stars because I did enjoy it and was interested to see what happened, however it took so long to get to the end and then the author used like 4 pages to end everything when there should have been way more time spent on the ending.
January 12, 2021
This was an extremely fast read. It felt a little bit predictable, but still an exciting read. I recommend for a quick easy read, if you like thriller. I’d say the title cover is there more for suspense, don’t expect the ending to be about a huge scary looking lake monster.
February 9, 2021
My review is in slight disagreement with the others. At least in my mind, this novel is more science fiction than horror. The old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" applies. The plot has more to do with other environmental impacts and problems than a few giant mutant fish. R Karl Largent has created a story with a unique twist that I found enjoyable.
August 15, 2018
At the beginning of the book, this story appears to be a rip-off of Jaws if it was married to Piranha. About the halfway point, it started to sound like the SyFy movie RoboShark. In the end, it's entirely something else I did not expect. I still think the book was a fast-paced read and it was interesting enough to continue to its conclusion.
This is another story following the author's character Elliot Grant Wages who was the main character of the The Prometheus Project. This appears to take place after The Prometheus Project as Wages is working on a book relating to Sharks, which were prominent in the prior book. But, this book makes no mention to any events that happened in the book published prior to this one. The character of Wages is a bit of mystery as he is described as a writer of some note, but is recruited because he has "special" skills and can get the job done. In the prior book, we saw very little why he would be chosen for a salvage mission based on him being a writer other than his knowledge of the area. In this book, he is relied on by everyone with no one questioning his ability. He also appears to have no fight skills and loses every fight he gets into, which is disappointing. I would like more background on the main character than we've gotten in two books now.
This is another story following the author's character Elliot Grant Wages who was the main character of the The Prometheus Project. This appears to take place after The Prometheus Project as Wages is working on a book relating to Sharks, which were prominent in the prior book. But, this book makes no mention to any events that happened in the book published prior to this one. The character of Wages is a bit of mystery as he is described as a writer of some note, but is recruited because he has "special" skills and can get the job done. In the prior book, we saw very little why he would be chosen for a salvage mission based on him being a writer other than his knowledge of the area. In this book, he is relied on by everyone with no one questioning his ability. He also appears to have no fight skills and loses every fight he gets into, which is disappointing. I would like more background on the main character than we've gotten in two books now.
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August 6, 2019
This was a fun, summer read that was quick and entertaining. The cover is a bit misleading as you
expect the giant fishy to be a main character and is really just a side effect, but they are pretty nasty!
The characters are pretty interesting and you become quite involved with the leads. The author for the most part (with one exception), stays away from stereotypes and gives good small town in peril situations. The 'virus' / body horror part is suitably disgusting and dangerous.
Overall, if you aren't expecting to be wowed by the science and you are looking for a creepy, fun
little scary novel then spend a few hours with this one.
expect the giant fishy to be a main character and is really just a side effect, but they are pretty nasty!
The characters are pretty interesting and you become quite involved with the leads. The author for the most part (with one exception), stays away from stereotypes and gives good small town in peril situations. The 'virus' / body horror part is suitably disgusting and dangerous.
Overall, if you aren't expecting to be wowed by the science and you are looking for a creepy, fun
little scary novel then spend a few hours with this one.
February 13, 2018
Found a copy of this book in my grandfather’s things that he was getting rid of. Did a report on it for school. I would say the book is very descriptive and action-filled. I like how the book has suspense, romance, and a little bit of excitement all in one.
June 19, 2020
Not a bad beach read- definitely has some flaws, but I was engaged enough. Agreed with other reviewers that the fish shoulda been the main focal point, agreed the protagonist is a bit much, but I was entertained. Plots a bit wonky, writing is a bit hackneyed, but the book entertains.
June 22, 2024
Like many readers, I was drawn in by the promise of a campy, aquatic horror creature feature. What was delivered was an eco “horror”/corporate crime snooze fest that drags on tediously before its merciful yet wholly unsatisfying conclusion.
Elliot Wages is a writer vacationing in the small lakeside town of Jericho, renting an acquaintance’s cabin while trying to deliver his next novel. Instead he becomes involved with local bank mogul Cynthia Wallace, and inexplicably, every other aspect of Jericho’s inner workings. The townspeople seem to defer to the writer for everything, entrusting him with everything from police investigations to highly scientific research, with his sole qualifications being his looks and his charm. With the town’s summer celebration looming, little things start to go wrong. There’s a foul odor permeating the lake. A local fisherman pulls a massive but diseased fish from the lake, and all signs point to the shadowy company whose secretive plant is based at the edge of the lake. For 300-something pages, the writer tries to unravel the mystery, which is focused on a fictional, highly volatile substance being developed at the plant.
Wages’ first person narration swings back and forth between Dashiell Hammett style noir and Tom Clancy procedural, neither of which is particularly engrossing. The details of the mystery are mundane and deliver zero twists whatsoever. There are a couple of good scenes where the main character battles the killer mutant fish, but they are vastly overshadowed by the tedium of his walking or driving around town.
I know it’s not Largent’s fault that I misconstrued what his novel was about - or maybe it is, if he meant to intentionally mislead readers with that cover and synopsis- but either way, this one really didn’t do it for me.
Elliot Wages is a writer vacationing in the small lakeside town of Jericho, renting an acquaintance’s cabin while trying to deliver his next novel. Instead he becomes involved with local bank mogul Cynthia Wallace, and inexplicably, every other aspect of Jericho’s inner workings. The townspeople seem to defer to the writer for everything, entrusting him with everything from police investigations to highly scientific research, with his sole qualifications being his looks and his charm. With the town’s summer celebration looming, little things start to go wrong. There’s a foul odor permeating the lake. A local fisherman pulls a massive but diseased fish from the lake, and all signs point to the shadowy company whose secretive plant is based at the edge of the lake. For 300-something pages, the writer tries to unravel the mystery, which is focused on a fictional, highly volatile substance being developed at the plant.
Wages’ first person narration swings back and forth between Dashiell Hammett style noir and Tom Clancy procedural, neither of which is particularly engrossing. The details of the mystery are mundane and deliver zero twists whatsoever. There are a couple of good scenes where the main character battles the killer mutant fish, but they are vastly overshadowed by the tedium of his walking or driving around town.
I know it’s not Largent’s fault that I misconstrued what his novel was about - or maybe it is, if he meant to intentionally mislead readers with that cover and synopsis- but either way, this one really didn’t do it for me.
November 14, 2023
Sort of an odd duck of a book. The cover and categorization as a horror book are misleading. While it does have horror elements, it's more of a mixed bag of genres between thriller, horror,sci-fi, and spy/detective stuff. The main character in the story even thinks of himself at one point as similar to Clive Cussler or John McDonald...which might hint at the type of story the author really wanted to create. My expectations weren't super high, and that worked well. The first half of the book is great. Good characters and the story kinda catches you, but the latter part of the story is drawn out and becomes stale especially after so many twists and turns. I was thankful the predictable ending came when it did.
July 6, 2022
This was not at all what was advertised and I couldn't be more happy about it.
Set up very deliberately to appear to be a Jaws knockoff only to pull the rug out from under you a third of the way through.
I had so much fun with this one. If you are at all into the extensive town miniature you find in Jaws the NOVEL then you will find something to really enjoy here.
The female characters could have been a bit better fleshed out but asides from that this was a rip roaring adventure with some gnarly scenes. The writer main character just keeps getting his ass handed to him in every conflict and it is just delightful.
Set up very deliberately to appear to be a Jaws knockoff only to pull the rug out from under you a third of the way through.
I had so much fun with this one. If you are at all into the extensive town miniature you find in Jaws the NOVEL then you will find something to really enjoy here.
The female characters could have been a bit better fleshed out but asides from that this was a rip roaring adventure with some gnarly scenes. The writer main character just keeps getting his ass handed to him in every conflict and it is just delightful.
May 11, 2019
This is the book that turned me on to Mr. Largent. I read this book about ten years ago and still have it. My only wish is that he wrote more horror. Eventually I found his other horror novels before he turned to the techno thriller genre. I like those stories too but my first love is good horror. This is a well drawn out story that has a good mix of icky bug, character development, and plot twists. Highly recommended for horror fans.
I just wish he had a web site so I could write to him and thank him. Oh well...
I just wish he had a web site so I could write to him and thank him. Oh well...
August 22, 2020
This just wasn't my style nor my thing. I had picked this up at a book sale, getting some major Original Syfy Movie vibes and it didn't even reach that potential for me. The style of writing felt emotionless and bland while the characters came across overly cliche. Just not my kind of read.
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August 1, 2022
Take the plot from Jaws, toss it in a lake, and mix it with a couple of barrels of toxic chemicals. When the fish start mutating, you got this story. Not bad. Not great. Largent is a competent writer, able to turn this mediocre plot into something more interesting. Overall rather fun and definitely not too serious.
October 5, 2022
I had high hopes for this book, but it faltered and slowed, and become hard work to finish. It felt 100 pages too long and took ages to get going. The ending was utterly ridiculous and the subplot with the mayor going nuts and trying to kill the towns people was hard to swallow. Honestly, not one of his better books.
May 22, 2021
Chiller
This thriller is a book that you can only put down when your sleep deprived body passes out then it's back to reading. This book has it all, suspense, romance, murder, violence, happy, angry etc. Just as good as the great writers like Steven King. A worthwhile read.
This thriller is a book that you can only put down when your sleep deprived body passes out then it's back to reading. This book has it all, suspense, romance, murder, violence, happy, angry etc. Just as good as the great writers like Steven King. A worthwhile read.
August 1, 2017
Hilariously entertaining. No brainer summer read.
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