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The Woods are Dark
The Woods are Dark
Author: Richard Laymon
In the woods are six dead trees. The Killing Trees. That's where they take them. People like Neala and her friend Sherri and the Dills family. Innocent travellers on vacation on the back roads of California. Seized and bound, stripped of their valuables and shackled to the Trees. To wait. In the dark...
ISBN-13: 9780747235507
ISBN-10: 0747235503
Publication Date: 3/14/1991
Pages: 247
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Headline Book Pub Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Wow.
Read this only if you are a fan of Laymon's other books. Not for the weak.
Or the easily offended.
This novel, in its original form, was heavily edited and is restored and uncut here with this version.
If you don't cringe or flintch while reading this book you should question your humanity.
bookgirl2 avatar reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
You need to have the fortitude to read this one. For me, it was a quick read, and I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. Fair Warning: Lots of sex - Lots of blood and guts. I would label this one a guilty pleasure.
jhbooks81 avatar reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very suspencefull and a real page turner. Laymon gets right into the action. You won't have to go through 3 or 4 chapters before the exciting and scary stuff starts. I couldn't put this book down. I kept saying, "Okay, just one more chapter then I'll sleep"
If you like Laymon or have never read his books but enjoy stories like "The hills have eyes" or "Wrong turn" this book would be great for you. I couldn't put it down and probably read it in two or three days. It's one of my favorites of Laymons.
pa3de8 avatar reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Richard Laymon is a master in horror/suspense! Good read if you like sex and violence and horror. Wouldn't say that there was too much sex as I've read other horror books with much more sex involved. But definitely kept me turning the page. I thought the climax, pun intended, could have been better though. Certainly what I came to expect from a Richard Laymon ending but could have been better. Not for the weak as other's have mentioned. But if you love Laymon, you'll love this book!
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Helpful Score: 1
One long and extended chase scene with lots of violence and gratuitous sex thrown in.
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myname avatar reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 10 more book reviews
Scary, Scary, Scary....Wonderfull read took me about 4 hours to read this one it was THAT GOOD! Def. my favorite of all the Laymon books ive read as of yet. This one started off scary and left me saying OH MY God the rest of the way!
cemeterygates avatar reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 29 more book reviews
Meh. Sometimes putting a lot of gore and rape and whatnot doesn't make your work edgy, it just seems desperate. I am a fan of depraved macabre writing and am completely unphasable when it comes to graphic depictions, but there simply wasn't enough of a story surrounding the sophomoric depictions of sex and violence for me to be impressed. I'm suprised this book is as highly regarded as it is.
reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 25 more book reviews
Scary!! I love the way Laymon makes you think the stuff he writes about could really happen somewhere, someplace
reviewed The Woods are Dark on + 144 more book reviews
Great book! Fast reading, small chapters and a lot of horror . Read in one day-just could not put it down!


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