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Summary: amidst the blood it has deep philiosophy
Review: Great book. Page turner. Finished it quickly. Good role model example for kids. It has a morale to the story.Also it is deep in meaning. In the book it tackles the time immemorial question of God, does it exist? It tries to answer that somewhat during the book. I hope one day this becomes a movie. It certainly has big potential to be a Hollywood blockbuster that will knock the no good Harry Potter of its undeserved throne.
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Summary: GREAT concept...BUT
Review: I almost hate to write this review. I hate writing anything negative about an artist's work. And, this is my first review. However, let me tell you I've read some of the best horror and I am a writer myself. This book is not worthy of 5 stars in any way... Hello!? I mean let's talk "Swan Song", "Carrion Comfort", "The Stand", etc. This book has a great concept, a little switcheroo on the the bad seed concept... it's now the bad "tree" concept. The parent's are killing their kids! And, I loved the premise. The set-up was great. But, the dialogue and interaction between teenagers is unbelievable. I mean these kids are talking like they're almost 30 years old and their having sex and discussing babies like them too. The worst part for me, however was the over-explanation of the "reason" why the parents are killer zombies. Argh... it's as if the Mr. Clark wanted you to believe in it so bad, he took as long as possible to explain it... and then said it like a broken record... over and over again. And, his lead character accepting his "chosen" role was not organic to the story whatsoever. Another problem I had was Mr. Clark's writing style. It just didn't flow for me. It was so choppy. I had to re-read several lines often... not very good one's at that. I picked up a Graham Masterton novel and the words and dialogue just float along like butter. I shouldn't have to work at understanding what the author is trying to convey with basic dialogue and description. There are some very good moments. One, which will stick in my mind forever.. it involves a girl and her dog... and that's all I will say. Powerful scene Mr. Clark... Thank you :) Bottom line, I was very close to putting this book down. I would not recommend it to a friend unless they were a horror junkie and they didn't mind reading what I described above.
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Summary: Awsome read
Review: I Can't possibly tell you how good this book is, I could'nt put this book down until I was finished, forget Resident Evil this book portrays true survival horror, simon clark is a great author and I highly recommend this book no matter what anyone says.
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Summary: Original Story
Review: I got to admit I was drawn in by the premise of Blood Crazy. Adults go crazy one day and start killing children. It is one of the most original stories I have read.
The characters are really developed, and the story moves at a good pace. You wont find yourself getting bored with this book. The ending was really satisfying, and it does leave room open for a sequel.
I recommend this book for anyone into Sci-fi, Horror, or anyone interested in a completely original story.
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Summary: Original Story
Review: I got to admit I was drawn in by the premise of Blood Crazy. Adults go crazy one day and start killing children. It is one of the most original stories I have read.
The charaters are really developed, and the story moves at a good pace. You wont find yourself getting bored with this book. The ending was really satisfying, and it does leave room open for a sequel.
I recommend this book for anyone into Scifi, Horror, or anyone interested in a completly oringinal story.
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Summary: Another Great Read from Simon Clark
Review: I just finished this book after three days of intense reading and hours at work with it preying at the back of my mind. And all I can say is, "Wow." I was hooked from page one and am at a loss to describe my feelings for this book. BLOOD CRAZY is more than just an "end-of-the-world" gore-fest. We get deep into the mind and heart of the main character, Nick Aten (rhymes with Satan); we understand him and sympathize with him, even though we do not always necessarily agree with him. This is what made the book so special to me. The characters were real--none were magically transformed into loveable, friendly people just because the world happened to go insane. The characters, while not always sympathetic, were always real. This, as in Clark's other novels, is what really kept me interested. I cared about what happened to the characters in this book, thought about them while I wasn't reading, and the book will resonate in my head for quite a while, I'm sure. Don't take this to mean that it was slow-going. On the contrary, the book was highly suspenseful and full of some great action sequences. And I thought the gore content was perfect--just enough to make me squeamish in parts, but never so much that I looked away. All in all a great read, not to be missed. This is what horror is all about.
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Summary: Very refreshing
Review: I must say that it was a real refreshement to read this book. It isn't a book about a town which slowly decades, or a haunted family with a cute pet. No, it's something completely different! I am not someone who reads one or two chapter before he reads the book, so I was a little shocked to notice that it was written in first person when I got home. But I soon found out that didn't matter at all! It is about Nick, who finds out that the adults in town have changed into killing monsters over one night, and soon finds out his town is not the only one... Then starts a story about a teenager and a group of other teenagers, through whoms eyes we follow the story and how he finds out the how's and why's about the changing of the adults, when in the meantime they must survive from the adults who keep attacking them. Some of the introducing scenes were really shocking and reminded me of the feeling I had when I started reading horror years ago. Especcialy 'how' the mother kisses the kid goodby for school brough me the shivers. And, as mentioned in almost every preceding review, the game "carring the can" is very inhuman. However... this "game" is something between humans. There is also a scene which reminded me of the theme which Clive Barker creates in his book "Cabal (or NightBreed)": the humans are more evil than the monsters. It is the scene with the trucks and the cable, and the people who read it will certainly know what I'm talking about! I must admit I'm not into psychological stuff at all, so I have no idea how far the plot touches reality, but it was quit impressive. So, concluding, it was a great book, and far more that I could have expected!
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I read this book while recovering from a bout of pneumonia. In a weird horror fan way- it helped cheer me up. It cheered me up because I thought to myself "here is a not only a great horror novel, but a fantasy I think many minds of the macabre have thought about". I could remember waking up to silence and wondering if I looked out the window the world would somehow have changed or gone mad. Simon Clark must have wondered the same thing as well.
Although I read this book over a year ago, almost two, it is still fresh in my book storage area of the brain, that all of us avid readers have. We store the good stuff and forget the candy and trash as soon as it's last page is turned.
Just a note, i loved the movie 28 days Later, but while I watched it , i kept thinking the screenwriter must have read this book, for parts of it kept coming to my mind during the film. In any case, this book is a classic. Buy it, read it, enjoy it!
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Summary: Intense, Gripping Horror
Review: I recently had the urge to start reading horror novels - typically they're really not my style but since I've started wandering the horror sections, I stumbled on some really good authors and novels. Blood Crazy is one of them. The premise is pretty simple - take The Stand, cross it with Lord Of The Flies and you pretty much get the idea. What makes this work, however, are strong characters and an action-driven plot. Clark develops well-rounded characters that readers can actually care about. And while a lot of the action in the book is pretty disturbing, there's some definite emotion here. Clark fuels his story with fast paced action and some very intense imagery that's very easy to get caught up in. All-in-all, I find it hard to believe that Clark isn't a little better known outside of the horror genre. He's obviously talented and deserves more recognition.
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Summary: Bloody fun, chilling read
Review: I started this book yesterday and finished it this morning. I couldn't put it down. Why? The good parts were good enough to pull me through the slow parts.
If you've read the above book description, you know that Clark has created a world in which anyone over the age of 19 suddenly and with no apparant reason is compelled to kill anyone under the age of 19. Make no mistake, this is a gritty, gory story narrated by the 17-year-old protagonist, Nick Aten ("yeah, yeah, it rhymes with Satan"). Nick is content to live a life of partying with no higher ambition; then he drags himself home one beautiful Sunday morning to find his brother's hideously mangled corpse. His parents are gone, and all the adults in town have gone crazy. The attacks on children and teens are vicious, the adults are without mercy. However, what unravels is a sort of apocalyptic coming-of-age story in which Nick finds himself playing a more important role than he could ever have imagined. He sets out trying to find help and stumbles upon group after group of youthful survivors. Along the way he also meets up with someone who puts him in touch with the root cause of the madness of the adults. Can Nick and the others battle through wave after wave of adult attacks to create a new society?
This is an entertaining book. Yes, the writing could be a bit better, but I actually found myself chuckling along with Clark's descriptions. Keep in mind that the narrator is a 17-year-old boy....this is a testosterone-filled story straight from an adolescent who watches too many action movies. Reading this, you might think I didn't like the book. Far from it. Nick is ultimately sweet and good-hearted, and even if the kids talk far more calmly and maturely than in my own experience, the characters are interesting and likeable. I give this novel 4 stars because it is entertaining; I was riveted to my seat racing through the pages to get to the outcome of the horrific attacks. Clark takes far too many pages (in my opinion) to explain the cause of the insanity, but as I wrote above, the good parts sustained the slow parts. I read for entertainment, and sometimes a bit of mind candy such as BLOOD CRAZY is just what the doctor ordered.
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