Maxine Marsh’s Comments (group member since Mar 02, 2013)

Maxine Marsh’s comments from the paced reading horror and thrillers group.

I need to get started with this one! Looking forward to it.

Oooh, Ed Lee, I'm in for that one!

Picked this one up on unlimited and hopefully can start it soon!

11811 (Eleven) wrote: "I wrapped this up today. As far as writing quality, I think this guy is one of the best in the horror business. Every bit as good as Clive Barker if I dare make that comparison."

Totally agree. I'm going to have to make his other books a priority now. He knocked it out of the park!

At first I thought the ending was going to disappoint me--things just got so bad for poor Seb. Then the ending...it was great. Loved this one!!!

This book is SO GOOD!!! I love the mentions of the Temple of Last Days. Can't put it down.

Oh gosh, I have to pick this one up again? Okay, okay, I can do this....where's my night light?

And I have to say that the language and character study in this book are pretty stunning. I feel like I'm in the freakin' scene with Seb.

I'm at 25% and finding this book very disturbing. I feel like this book is giving me anxiety. The smells, oh the smells...

That's good to hear, gotta get to this one! Last Days was kick ass scary so I expect this one to be too.

It is a lot for those of us who buy books pretty much constantly....I got this one but its the last even for this month I think. I'm excited to be reading another Nevill book!

Ah yes, Q and Z and X are definitely the hard ones!

Here's our thread for the March group read. Its time to go and find a copy of Under a Watchful Eye and join in the creepy fun. Spoilers will change to 25% on March 5th.

Enjoy.

Hello everyone!

It looks like Under a Watchful Eye by Adam Nevill won the vote for our March read. I hope you can join in!

I don't really care either. I suppose spoilers will work with % attached.

I'll join in for March!

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay! Here's the poll for our March read:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Either way I'm glad to get to read a book by him and will definitely be open to more in the future. I thought his writing was much better than Laymon, btw.

I too was looking for a cool historical explanation for what the haunting force was besides just some 'evil' entity. Also, the part with the father in law came out of nowhere and seemed unnecessary. The first half or three-quarters was great and I was looking forward to a cool ending but it seemed like the author had too many ideas (all the historical stuff) and couldn't decide which way to go. If it had been like one big massacre that was the key to it, it would have made more sense. I get why the backstory with the son, so the father could be redeemed with his self-sacrifice, so I was okay with that aspect of the story.

I changed the spoilers to 100% so we could discuss the end of the book!

Oh, I like the Adam Nevill suggestion! Last Days was great and I'd like to read more by him.