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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Christopher Pike is awesome,
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This review is from: Monster (Mass Market Paperback)
I love his young adult books, they are well thought out and thought provoking. He tells a simple conchise story and ties up all of the loose ends perfectly. His female characters also kick ass,(yes he can actually convincingly write women). He doesn't get as mired in the plot as he does with his adult books, when is actually a terrible shame. Most of his stories are completely original, mini masterpieces that hide behind the young adult genre. I really think he deserves to be a lot more famous than he is. This book is very well written. It includes all the good ingredients of a classic horror novel, freaky metamorphosis included. Sometimes, it borders on downright horrifying. The main characters, as they struggle with the basic aspects of humanity and their new hunger are realistically done. This book does hint at evil, but it also offers a motive. This book is also sassy and proud and doesn't take itself overly seriously. At times, it is amusing in a sickening sort of way. One of the characters buys four pounds of meat at the supermarket and eats half of it raw in the car. A couple other darkly amusing quotes are "He caught me trying to eat my dog, so what?" "Come on, you have to eat people, all the cool people are doing it". It all starts when Angela's best friend, Mary bursts into a party and shoots the head cheerleader and one of the football players. Christopher Pike announces this happens in the course of about 6 seconds, so nobody has a chance to react. When she turns to shoot her boyfriend, Angela and a couple other people try to stop her and everyone else just runs out of the house. Justice is finally extracted, at a price. The innocent get trampled and demolished. This book is not fair, and carries some of the most brutal killing scenes I have ever seen in any of his books. The pre-apocalyptic one was especially horrible, but this makes it stand out on it's own even more. It's a good story, it keeps you reading. I found the ending incredible, in a sad and beautiful kind of way.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite Christopher Pike book -- so far...,
By Anne M. Marble "Anne" (MD, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Monster (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book because it reminded me of John Saul's "Creature," which I sort of enjoyed. And it turned out to be even better.What is the secret of the football players? Why are they suddenly so strong? And why have they become so cruel? The secret isn't what you think. This is Christopher Pike, after all! In the hands of the wrong author, this book could've been *so* stupid. But in the hands of Christopher Pike, this works. Some reviewers have compared this book to early Dean Koontz, and I have to say I agree with them. Anne M. Marble Reviewer, All About Romance
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome book,
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This review is from: Monster (Mass Market Paperback)
This was a great book. None of them were human. It is my favorite Christopher Pike book so far. I liked the way that the world was alive, although if we new how to get into space millions of years ago, how did we forget?
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