DUSK

Rating:
Summary: Cheap thrills, pure trash.
Review: A shallow, virtually storyless novel about vampires ravaging Dallas. The book pads out to 369 tortuous pages with what could have just about made a short story. I confess to having skimmed the last 50 or so because I just couldn't take it anymore. Not only was the lethargic pace a killer, but Dee's writing is plain lousy. I found the prose insulting to my intelligence, to say the least, and he loads it with profanity like a teenager saying "look what I can write!" I find it amazing that this title ever got published, let alone by Dell Abyss. It doesn't even rate as beach reading.

Rating:
Summary: Maybe not pure trash, but....
Review: I won't go that far, because it takes a lot to be able to write a good story; one that is believeable and engaging. However, since we are talking about horror, toss out the believeability factor. This story wasn't even engaging enough to keep my attention for long, although I did finish it. Any time you spend money on a book, you have a duty to finish it.

This was like going to the dentist, though. It was literally like pulling teeth to finish this zombie tale about the living dead in downtown Dallas.

Even more surprising was that the folks at Dell Abyss would publish this. The Abyss line put out some good little horror novels, like the Stephen King blurb said. However, this wasn't one of them.

If you want to read a DECENT novel from Dee, try SUCCUMB. It's not Shakespeare and the premise is not new, but Dee writes a good little yarn about being careful for what you wish for. It's light year's better than this novel.