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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Closest thing to Friday franchise in series!!!,
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This review is from: Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is by far the best in the series from Black Flame...whereas all the books had their moments where Jason shone brightly...none moreso than this one! This book starts, moves and finishes??:)) in Crystal Lake, where the movie's series elements all come into play. Stephen has captured in the most distrurbing way, the relationship between Jason and his mother....probably one of the closest to the series there is ....yet. I bid Stepehn hand to write more for Black Flame about jason...he is a true master in his element.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Helping Hand,
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This review is from: Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs (Mass Market Paperback)
Stephen Hand takes his turn at the BlackFlame novels with F13: Carnival of Maniacs. I've got to give it to Hand, here's an author that finally knows something about the whole Jason franchise and what to do with it. He includes details and characters from the movies, introduces new characters, and gives us a decent story on the attempted reunion of Jason and his mother Pamela. Hand pokes a little fun at some of the old characters but remains fairly true to the whole F13 ambience.
Quick rundown: Pamela Voorhees is seeking to come back from the great beyond by psychic manipulation of a young goth girl (hey no worse than the whole of Jason Goes to Hell demon story). Meanwhile, Jason is rediscovered by some of the local Crystal Lake hillbillies (in New Jersey???) and ends up as a immobile carnival attraction (due to massive injuries from the Freddy vs Jason story, he's only functioning when moonlight strikes the remains of Pamela's head). Back story of Jason-memorabilia collectors and an FBI agent whose mom was purportedly killed by Jason and you got a convoluted story but one that seems to work. This book takes place after Freddy vs Jason, and was actually fairly interesting to read as the author actually knew what he was doing with the F13/Jason history. While I found the author got downright crude in some parts and drops far far too many F-bombs throughout the book, I still liked this story, especially after that fiasco of F13: The Jason Strain. Overall, one of the better books and worth reading for the fans. I say BlackFlame should get Simon Hawke to take a crack at the next one (he novelized the movies).
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best one yet,
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This review is from: Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs (Mass Market Paperback)
When publishing company Black Flame decided to get the further adventures of Jason going, I was curious to see how it would work out.
The first two books in the series were decent(Church of the Divine Psychopath), to garbage(Hell Lake), and I skipped the next two. With THIS book, however things get back to where they should be. Hand, who also wrote the solid FVJ adaption, does his homework here. He has references to Tommy Jarvis(whose current occupation is pretty funny), Tina Sheppard, Ginny Feilds, and other F-13 characters. He brings back Mrs. Voorhees in a clever way, has people in the book you really care about, and, best of all, loads on the gore. He has a funny sense of humor, and effectively ties all the subplots together, despite the fact there are sevral of them.
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