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Carrion Comfort
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FINISHED. What an ending. It took me a while to get this done, but I think it was totally worth it. Mr. Simmons, I cannot wait to read your other books. He has such a way of creating a movie in your mind and becoming fully immersed in the plot, the characters, cheering on the good guys, booing the bad guys, and definitely making one squeamish at the uncomfortable, ahem, scenes.
This story is set in the 80s, so racism, political turmoil, police, gangs, film industry corruption, wall street devils, you name it. Everything comes into play and everything is tied to these vampires with the ability to control humans. Those with the Ability have influenced historical events throughout history. I believe this is truly a very scary notion to have absolutely no control of your mind or body at the whim of someone else.
The character development was very thorough and nothing is left to chance in the end. A sheriff, a psychiatrist and a photographer set out to catch the undetectable and uncatchable....
I didn't see this book as much as a horror rather than a thriller adventure imo, but still very well written.
This story is set in the 80s, so racism, political turmoil, police, gangs, film industry corruption, wall street devils, you name it. Everything comes into play and everything is tied to these vampires with the ability to control humans. Those with the Ability have influenced historical events throughout history. I believe this is truly a very scary notion to have absolutely no control of your mind or body at the whim of someone else.
The character development was very thorough and nothing is left to chance in the end. A sheriff, a psychiatrist and a photographer set out to catch the undetectable and uncatchable....
I didn't see this book as much as a horror rather than a thriller adventure imo, but still very well written.
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Reading Progress
April 19, 2024
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April 19, 2024
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April 23, 2024
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Started Reading
April 23, 2024
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April 23, 2024
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18.0%
April 24, 2024
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23.0%
"I had forgotten that monsters do not die. They must be killed.
This story is awesome, not as horror based yet, but a lot of historical fiction rewriting, Sci-Fi, & thriller elements."
This story is awesome, not as horror based yet, but a lot of historical fiction rewriting, Sci-Fi, & thriller elements."
April 24, 2024
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27.0%
April 25, 2024
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34.0%
April 25, 2024
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41.0%
"Ok this book has surprised me. There are build ups over hundreds pages, and then there are twists in less than a paragraph! I can't guess where its going with all of these characters. Still hooked and it is definitely escalating now"
April 26, 2024
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50.0%
"Halfway! Reunion of some characters finally! The villains are literally pieces of sh1t haha, I don't know who is worse still."
April 29, 2024
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60.0%
April 30, 2024
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65.0%
May 1, 2024
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68.0%
May 2, 2024
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85.0%
May 2, 2024
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Finished Reading
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May 02, 2024 07:32PM
Great review, Ruby. It's hard to review this novel due to the many characters, but I read it when it was first released and loved how different it was. It was a long story but a very unique story of mind controlling vampires.
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Vicki, I had to make a cheat sheet on the characters so I could know who was who! I would love to see a show made out of this.
Fab review Ruby! Really keen to get this one even more now! 🙌🏻
I read this a few weeks back and really liked it. Dan Simmons is a great storyteller. It was a mammoth of a book but I was pulled in and enjoyed the ride thoroughly. Great review Ruby!
Summer Of Night is an excellent book by Simmons.
Pappy wrote: "I read this a few weeks back and really liked it. Dan Simmons is a great storyteller. It was a mammoth of a book but I was pulled in and enjoyed the ride thoroughly. Great review Ruby!"I agree as well! Thanks!
Michael wrote: "Summer Of Night is an excellent book by Simmons."I will look into that one as well!
Congrats on finishing that loooong book (but I bet it was worth it. I liked it, too). BTW, SUMMER OF NIGHT AND SOMG OF KALI are also good books by Dan Simmons
