Book of the Dead

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Summary: A horror book that fails to break new ground
Review: This was a bargain-bin book and it met my expectations. I did finish it but I had initially given up towards the end. Although this story was written in 1989 it could easily have been written decades before that. There were no new ideas within the covers and it felt like it was set in a 60s/B-Movie sort of film. The characters seemed very thin and based on stereotypes. The storyline based around the passing down of the Book of the Dead was pretty bland - it would probably make an OK film because the director could add flesh to the story that isn't really here. The author's descriptive ability didn't bring this tome to life! This is very average fare.

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Summary: Quite possible the worst example of a "horror" book...
Review: Three words best describe the book: cliche, trite, and garbage. The story is a pitiful twist on that seen in The Monkey's Paw among other stories. The characters are boring and unrealistic, the story is too fast paced, the ending is the epitome of cliche, and it fits the bill of bargain bin horror all too well: nice unnecessary, gory descriptions and a bit of nudity. Skip it. Maybe even burn it.

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Summary: Suspending
Review: When I got this book I didnt think it would be any thing like it was. Once I started reading it I couldent put it down.

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Summary: Suspending
Review: When I read the prologue, I was immediately hooked. I am not usually a 'reader', but when I started with this book, I just couldn't stop reading it. My dad wants to read this book too, because he wants to know my it had my attention the whole time. I'm just glad to have gotten my hands on the thing. Its a pitty that the rest of his books are 'hard to find' because I wanted to collect all of them