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Summary: WILL SCARE THE PANTS OFF (AND TICKLE) YOU!
Review: "Night of the Beast" has everything you would want in a horror novel: Beasties, things that go bump in the night and an evil [...]opposing our hero. It's more fun than the colorized version of 'Night of the living Dead' on Halloween. In fact, like all the 80's classics, it quite nicely walks that slender line between sly homage and genuine barn-burning horror. It also has some serious spirituality sneaking around in it, but nothing so heavy-handed as to interfere with the good-humoured, intense storytelling. Hey, 'Night of the Beast' would make one [heck] of a movie (pun fully intended). It is morbid, horrifying, emotionally moving, fast and at times even laugh-out-loud funny. If you like your horror fiction served the old-fashioned way, "Night of the Beast" delivers.
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Summary: Don't listen to these negative reviews from mean people
Review: A great novel. Give it a try and you won't be disappointed. It had me on the edge of my chair throughout the read. If you want a good horror novel, look no further. And don't listen to these negative reviews where people are personally dissing the novel. Just a bunch of jealous YA HOOS. You can still pick up a Laymon or Ketchum novel as well, but why not take a chance on a great new author.We love ya Harry!
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Summary: Just flat-out BRILLIANT pulp!
Review: A rocker stomper funfest for fans of traditional pulp horror ala the 1980's. I bought this with a lot of suspicion because I had been over-hyped, but the danged thing almost lived up to every word of the substantial advance praise. REALLY FUN, and more than worth your time and money. Seems like a real contender for a Stoker nomination in Best First Novel and it deserves it. Don't walk, run and get yourself a copy. My wife and I read it aloud to one another and LOVED the sucker.
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Summary: This Beast Has No Bite!
Review: As others, I went on the hype this book generated and bought it. The beginning part was fun but unfortunately, half way through I had to give up. The plot thread jumped around to the point where you lost track of people and events. I found the characters to be un-sympathetic and the nostalgia generated to be maudlin and korny.
Hopefully, my copy of Night of the Werewolf will be better.
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Summary: Good cover, bad, very bad insides
Review: Don't judge a book by its cover, .... This is just plain awful. Blood & guts with no story. The writing is amatueristic dribble, like all thos 80's horror cheese books. Buy it only if you like gratuitous splatter with nothing more. ... I couldn't even finish it. It's in the recycle bin in the garage right now. Two stars, because of a cool cover.
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Summary: Great page turner
Review: Great thriller, the kind of page-turner that keeps you up way past bedtime. Fast-paced, and well developed characters - all kinds of characters, that is...hope to see more work by this guy!
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Summary: A Wonderfully Scary First Novel
Review: Harry Shannon has written a terrific novel in Night Of The beast. While not original, it a marvelous story of "coming home" and personal redemption. It's also an homage to the pulps of earlier years and this is where it shines. I was drawn in right from the start and the characters are very nicely developed. There is the requisite amount of scares and gore but done in such a way as to enhance the story. Frightening, dark, and just the right amount of humor. Couldn't ask for anything more and highly recommended.
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Summary: Scary and riveting
Review: Harry Shannon writes his first novel as if it were going to be his last. We've got everything here: a serial killer, a psychic, a demon, vampires...you name it. Still, he brings it all together into a coherent and scary novel that kept me turning the pages and trying desperately to figure out what was going to happen next. I can't wait to read Shannon's later works.
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Summary: Above and beyond its genre
Review: Harry Shannon's "Night of the Beast" is proof positive that a well-worn genre like horror fiction can be infused with fresh life. This one jumps off the page, gripping the reader's imagination and never letting go. And at the same time, it transcends the genre, becoming much more than just a thriller. Harry Shannon is easily the equal of Stephen King. Bravo!
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Summary: Pulp horror at it's best!
Review: Harry Shannon's Night of the Beast is a return to those great books we all used to read late at night huddled under the blankets with a flashlight turned on. It's an ensemble piece, which is difficult to write (well). The characters here really come to life, and Shannon's lightning fast pace never lets up or flinches for a moment. I gobbled this book up in half the time I thought it would take me, and that's because I couldn't put it down - yes, it's that good! Give it a try for yourself, you'll be glad you did.
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