The Nest [Unbound]

Gregory A. Douglas (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Zebra (September 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821721666
• ISBN-13: 978-0821721667
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,786,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Nest, July 16, 2002

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Robert Daley (Fredericton NB. CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nest (Unbound)

I have only two words for anyone who likes a good horror / insect / scary as heck book. READ IT. READ IT. READ IT. One of the most spine chilling reads of all time. Quite Frankly it is the most memerable and well writen pieces of Horror Art I have ever read. Stephen King eat your heart out. The only other writer i have ever read which comes close is Peter Benchley.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, creepy, creepy..., October 12, 2004

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sleeper30 "tom" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nest (Unbound)

This is one of the creepiest horror books ever written. An entire community on an island is being slowly massacred by giant, vicious, mutated cockroaches. The description of people, including children, being eaten alive is so gut-turning. This is a very good book, very scary and very realistic. The writer's description into how cockroaches live and what they are capable of is frightening. Buy it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fairly decent killer bug book *mild spoilers*, September 8, 2007

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Thanos6 (Chapin, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE NEST (Mass Market Paperback)

THE NEST by Gregory A. Douglas isn't for the faint of heart; the deaths are described in very gruesome detail, even for a horror novel. Just warning you.

Anyway, this is a pretty good "nature gone mad" book. The various inhabitants of the island of Yalkie are drawn pretty realistically and no one really feels like a stock character or archetype. Suspense sequences are done nicely. There's a sex sequence (well, sort of) that seems a bit random, but otherwise, everything flows well.

This book is a bit of an odd hybrid of a 50's giant monster movie (the general pace and narrative flow) and an 80's slasher film (sexual content, gruesome deaths, even a killer-isn't-quite-dead-yet scare). Also, there seems to be a slight right-wing spin, a mild conservative twist, but not enough to really bother me (who's about as left-wing as you can get).