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This book certainly is not great literature, and it's not even great horror. I guess it would fall in the "splatterpunk" category, if that still exists. If that's the case, I can say the author did a great job on the gore front.

My problem comes when the author gets into the heads of various characters. Multiple paragraphs follow when the characters are thinking about what they were doing, who they're associating with, etc. This gets tedious and repetitious.

The most interesting part was trying to figure out who was the bad guy, other than the obvious. There was a not-so-obvious bad guy, and that angle kept me guessing until the end.

I really didn't like the end much. The character mainly under discussion in the last chapter was simply not that interesting, nor was much time spent with the character throughout the book, so it was a little odd for the last chapter to be, essentially, all about that person. I was frankly thinking "ho hum" during the last chapter.

I don't know how early in Gonzalez's career this book was written, but I'll probably give him another try.

I knew what this book was about when I started reading it but about half way through I had to quit. There were images of something that happened, and I don't want to give anything away, that were just to vivid and disturbing for me to go on. I think what bothered me most about this book wasn't what they were writing about but that there were really people in the world that really do these sorts of things.

Wow!! This one will keep you on the edge of your seat, but you will need a strong stomach. I don't know where this author got his info but I find it hard to believe that there are people in this world that participate in the activities described in this book

Two young lawyers decide to take a nice little vacation that turns nightmarish pretty quickly when a crazed driver decides to target them, separate them and kidnap the wife to make a snuff film. She's only just discovered she is pregnant and isn't going out without a fight.

This is a mean spirited book. Wow, even the victim turns out to make a horribly selfish decision to save her own skin. There's nothing to like about this book. It's disturbing and cruel but yet I continued reading . . .

I finished this but wouldn't recommend it. It gets a bit boring midpoint as the author felt a need to delve into the history of how his characters became the monsters they are today. It was all a bit pointless and very repetitive. The ending worked for me though.

I love horror, but this is one of the worst books I have ever read, in any genre. Avoid at all costs.

If you're looking for a quick-read that delves into the industry of illegal pornography and snuff films, this novel delivers. The author doesn't pull many punches when exploring this seedy subculture in the context of a fast-paced kidnapping and mystery. I found the writing itself to be mediocre, but the content was reasonably satisfying for pulpy dark fiction