The Harvest

Rating:
Summary: Awful. Just awful.
Review: This book was incredibly boring. And repetitive. And boring. And repetitive. The only reason I finished it is because I always make myself finish books that I start, no matter how bad they are. It seemed like nothing happened in the entire story until the very end...and then it wasn't even exciting. I found myself skimming the last few chapters just so I could finish it and read something else. In fact, I'm not too sure how everything was resolved at the end because I was reading so fast. And you know what? I didn't care.

Rating:
Summary: ROUGH HARVEST
Review: This novel is so achingly bad that I had to finish it just to see how bad it could get. Other than a few nice touches here and there, this novel is full of derivative characters; derivative plot; a ton of horror movie cliches; and no sense of how to maintain suspense. Nicholson takes so much time in overexposing his characters that you just want him to get to the good stuff. The religious overtones are so zealously drawn that they are all religious fanatics, especially Bill and Nettie. My God, people, this is the 21st century; nobody, even religious zealots, are this clueless. Bill's over the top finale with the demented and "converted" Armfield Blevins is a real hoot! You end up caring very little about the characters, and even the ones you do, it's a minimalist's delight!
If you really like dumb, insignificant novels, this should top your list for Halloween. Yuck!