Comments on: Island

By: Bookgasm » After Midnight

Bookgasm » After Midnight — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:04:13 +0000

[...] When Laymon is good, he’s great, but when he’s bad, he’s terrible. Unfortunately, AFTER MIDNIGHT falls into the latter category. Like THE LAKE, it smells as if Laymon wrote a single draft in one long night and turned that in. It’s lazy, and there’s no need for it to be more than 400 pages; when something this loose gets that long, it’s not plotting, but typewriter masturbation. [...]

By: Bookgasm » Come Out Tonight

Bookgasm » Come Out Tonight — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:06:24 +0000

[...] In his past works I’ve read (and loved) like TO WAKE THE DEAD and ISLAND, he keeps you on your toes by withholding information, drawing out secrets until the last possible moment. No such luck in COME OUT TONIGHT, whose one surprise is blatantly obvious from page 27. Of a twice-as-long-as-it-needs-to-be 434. [...]

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:14:30 +0000

Kept me busy for a week, too, whereas I think TO WAKE THE DEAD was polished off over the course of a couple afternoons. That remains my favorite thus far.

By: Flash

Flash — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:05:13 +0000

Island is one of my favorite Laymon books along with Savage and The Stake. I like that it’s a bit longer than usual for him because he doesn’t sacrifice the blistering pace he was known for. I’ve read three of his books in one sitting but Island kept me busy for a week.