Michael's Reviews > Carrion Comfort

The book is well-written with some very convincing passages that describe the telepathic abilities of a special breed of vampires but it drags for the most part, it's just too damn long!

I can handle long. IT by Stephen King is of similar length and that flew by, but this has crazy amounts of filler that are an effort to get through. As the story progresses it becomes more and more corny with lots of cheesey dialogue.

The bad guys are pretty interesting and have such an ambivalent attitude to murders that I carried on reading just to enjoy their eventual downfall.

I'd also like to point out that I never found this book scary at all, I was expecting a proper horror novel and never got it; I don't know why Stephen King considers it on of the best horror novels of the 20th century .

For horror fans, look elsewhere. For action/suspense fans who are looking a supernatural element, check it out.