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    Flesh
    Flesh
    Flesh
    Audiobook11 hours

    Flesh

    Written by Richard Laymon

    Narrated by Maynard McKillen

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    No one in town has ever seen anything like it: a slimy, mobile tube of glistening yellow flesh with dull, staring eyes and an obscene, probing mouth. But the real horror is not what it looks like, or what it does when it invades your flesh—but what it makes you do to others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 28, 2016
    ISBN9781531824204
    Flesh
    Author

    Richard Laymon

    A former President of the Horror Writers Association, Laymon has written over thirty novels, more than sixty-five literary short stories (which were published in Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Cavalier), poetry, crime fiction, two suspense novels, a Western, and two romance novels. Until recently, his books were unavailable in the US for more than twenty years. His novel Flesh was named Best Horror Novel of 1988 by Science Fiction Chronicle, and both Flesh and Funland were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He won this award posthumously in 2001 for The Traveling Vampire Show. Richard Laymon died in 2001 of a heart attack.

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    • 2/5
      Ever wonder what it might be like if modern Frank Miller wrote Slither? Well, wonder no more!I don't know how a book about a parasyte that makes you cannibalistic could be SO BORING! Fortunately its so ridiculous in places that its hilarious. All the women are either ravenous sex objects or screaming shrews. And the men are alll stuck on "stupid-horny" mode. No means yes, to everyone. And any time it looks like a woman is going to make a stand, she "comes around" later.

      If you read this as more of a pastiche full of edgy meat,its brilliant! But if you go in expecting legit body horror or characters you can connect with, let me save you the trouble.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Really really really really bad and occasionally funny. not worth it

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    • 4/5
      This book is full of sexual violence and and depravity and is not for everyone. That aside, very well written and the characters, very well developed. Some of the reactions or responses seemed not so natural but it didn't take away from the excitement the author created. I would have loved to hear what happened to Toby at the hands of Sheri, It was hard to hear all the abuse she endured and not to give us the final violent act of revenge seems unfare, ergo 4 stars from me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Corny as hell. And why does the narrator sound like he’s talking to a bunch of three year olds?. Campy and silly.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Ich besitze eine ganze Sammlung von Richard-Laymon-Werken und kann deshalb behaupten, dass dieses Buch, auch wenn die Geschichte absolut klasse ist, nicht gerade in seiner mir bekannten typisch-brutalen Art geschrieben ist. Dieses Buch zählt zu den harmloseren seiner Werke. Dies tut der Spannung und dem Lesegenuss aber dennoch keinen Abbruch. Absolut, wie all seine Bücher, empfehlenswert.

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    • 5/5
      I didn’t love the ‘voices’ put on by the reader I found the women’s voices very annoying. But I love Richard Laymon so still enjoyed the book. Consider it the junk food of my literary enjoyment.
    • 2/5
      Read so many of Laymon's books and this is definitely my last. Felt like I read the best of his books already. OK so knowing Laymon sad endings are inevitable. But this one surprised me. The story was the usual like most of his other books so I wont divulge into that. Just thinking where he gets his creativity from creating his character for his monsters/aliens or whatever they are. Gore is ok and lust/erotic is very mellow on this book. I was a bit in suspense with the last chapter just waiting for something to happen to Allison. What if this thing laid an egg in her and comes out bursting from her back or she ends up killing Jake and Kimmy. That never happened which caught me by surprise. The book is ok so if you a fan of Laymon then its a must read.
    • 4/5
      This is a pretty enjoyable book. Of course, it's got Laymon's trademarks; sex and gore. But it's actually a pretty interesting story, if a tad predictable towards the end. Fans of Richard Laymon's other work will not be disappointed, but it won't be changing anyone else's mind about him.
    • 3/5
      A gory serial killer tale that uses a supernatural device as an excuse to write a gory serial killer tale.
    • 4/5
      A very interesting take on the parasite-takes-control-of-people sub-genre of fiction. Flesh involves a group of college students and those near them as they try to figure out what has happened. Filled with the typical Laymon stock characters, Flesh isn't as good as some of his other works, but it's still suspenseful, fun to read, and a great book on its own right. Definitely a must for Laymon or horror fans.