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Sam M
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laymon’s dialogue is… not good. like at all lol. but his prose, specifically in the horror-focused scenes, is pretty great at times. it’s a shame the antagonist is easily the worst person ever, seemingly no motives besides pure evil and controlling. maggie’s story of the beast coming up the stairs was skin-crawling, loved it
— Oct 12, 2025 07:03AM
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Sam M
is on page 172 of 309
laymon throws csa after csa and constant ridiculous mindless sexist comments but ch16 is exactly why i stay through the terrible dogshit!!! i love the description of the windowless brick house, pitch black interior with blue lightbulbs and the sleeping “beast”(?)
NOT excusing the other stuff, but moments like that do feel genuinely tense so… good job!
— Oct 12, 2025 10:32PM
NOT excusing the other stuff, but moments like that do feel genuinely tense so… good job!
Sam M
is on page 124 of 309
honestly, it’s kind of funny that between this and ‘the devils of loudun’, THIS is the one that’s more upsetting. the genuinely scary bits are great! but there’s way too many chapters dedicated to roy and his fucked up road trip with joni. we don’t need to know that roy dressed her, it was implied! and anything further is just fucked! if i wasnt a completionist i’d honestly drop this.
— Oct 12, 2025 12:01PM
Sam M
is on page 115 of 309
pretty short chapter about jud’s prep and stakeout at the beast house. not clicking with laymon’s writing for the most part, especially his jk rowling-ass “euphrates d. kenyata”, a tyranical african emperor.
the scary bits are vivid and cool, but this was written by someone who hates women and minorities!
— Oct 12, 2025 11:49AM
the scary bits are vivid and cool, but this was written by someone who hates women and minorities!
Sam M
is on page 75 of 309
ngl i was incredibly high reading ch 5
so only a vague recollection! sandy gonna get into some unfortunately fucked up shit
— Oct 11, 2025 08:43PM
so only a vague recollection! sandy gonna get into some unfortunately fucked up shit
Sam M
is on page 56 of 309
a MASSIVE improvement over chapter three. jud and larry are two nightmare and trauma riddled men, i really loved hearing them talk about the beast house. it was genuinely pretty spooky hearing about tommy.
— Oct 10, 2025 06:40PM
Sam M
is on page 42 of 309
wow… my last update mentioned my caution towards the nature of this book (specifically regarding underage girls) and i immediately read a whole chapter dedicated to having a bath with a child. shocking? yes. necessary? fuck no. and i’m not sure this is a one-off for ‘the cellar’…
— Oct 10, 2025 05:51PM
Sam M
is on page 35 of 309
after watching clifton holmes’ adaptation of laymon’s ‘in the dark’, i really wanted to check out laymon’s work since i’ve not heard of him before.
so far, i’m pretty into it. the foggy ditch scene in ch1 was very silent hill-ish, and i liked the brief gore in the prologue, but i’m definitely worried about how edgy it’s gonna be. oh well!
— Oct 10, 2025 04:21PM
so far, i’m pretty into it. the foggy ditch scene in ch1 was very silent hill-ish, and i liked the brief gore in the prologue, but i’m definitely worried about how edgy it’s gonna be. oh well!
