Helpful Score: 3
This is the kind of story that sticks in your mind,especially when you find yourself in the dark,on foot; I believe that it generates strange sounds just ahead or just behind you. Yeah,I know its only your imagination reacting to the long ago remembered story, but it still will send a chill up your spine if it don't scare the Bejesus out of you!!
Helpful Score: 3
I have read many Laymon books and this has to be one of my least favorite so far. Seemed to take forever to get through it. Nothing really happened and the ending left so much open.
Helpful Score: 1
Richard Laymon is the BEST! My first Laymon book, In the Dark, got me hooked. Now I read everything of his I can get my hands on...and I'm never disappointed!!!
FROM BACK OF BOOK:
Everything changed for Ed that day in the fall semester when he got a letter from Holly, the girl he loved. "Dear Ed," it began, "I will always cherish the times we had..." Holly was in love with someone else. It was as if his whole world had changed in a second. That night, heartbroken and half mad with despair, Ed couldn't sleep, so he decided to go for a walk. But it's a dark, scary night in the lonesome October, and Ed is not alone...
There are others out there in the night, roaming the streets, lurking in the darkness -- waiting to show Ed just how different his world could be. Some of them are enticing, like the beautiful girl who wants to teach Ed about the wonders of the night. Some are disturbing and threatening. Some are deadly...and in search of prey.
FROM BACK OF BOOK:
Everything changed for Ed that day in the fall semester when he got a letter from Holly, the girl he loved. "Dear Ed," it began, "I will always cherish the times we had..." Holly was in love with someone else. It was as if his whole world had changed in a second. That night, heartbroken and half mad with despair, Ed couldn't sleep, so he decided to go for a walk. But it's a dark, scary night in the lonesome October, and Ed is not alone...
There are others out there in the night, roaming the streets, lurking in the darkness -- waiting to show Ed just how different his world could be. Some of them are enticing, like the beautiful girl who wants to teach Ed about the wonders of the night. Some are disturbing and threatening. Some are deadly...and in search of prey.
Helpful Score: 1
Everything changed for Ed that day in the fall semester when he got a letter from Holly, the girl he loved. "Dear Ed," it began, "I will always cherish the times we had..." Holly was in love with someone else. It was as if his whole world had changed in a second. That night, heartbroken and half mad with despair, Ed couldn't sleep, so he decided to go for a walk. But it's a dark, scary night in the lonesome October, and Ed is not alone...
There are others out there in the night, roaming the streets, lurking in the darkness -- waiting to show Ed just how different his world could be. Some of them are enticing, like the beautiful girl who wants to teach Ed about the wonders of the night. Some are disturbing and threatening. Some are deadly...and in search of prey.
There are others out there in the night, roaming the streets, lurking in the darkness -- waiting to show Ed just how different his world could be. Some of them are enticing, like the beautiful girl who wants to teach Ed about the wonders of the night. Some are disturbing and threatening. Some are deadly...and in search of prey.
I have read several books by Laymon and have to admit he is one of my guilty pleasures. His books are usually filled with lots of sex and gore with some humor thrown in and are basically written as a male teenage fantasy. Night in the Lonesome October included a lot of Laymon's trademarks including lots of sex but was not quite as gruesome as most of his other novels. It's about a college student, Ed, who goes out on a long walk late at night after his girlfriend Holly dumps him via a "Dear Ed" letter. Ed needed the fresh air but during his walk he starts to encounter all sorts of "night loonies" including an old hag on a bike and a young girl who prowls the night looking for who knows what. In the mean time, Holly's ex-roommate, Eileen, comes on to Ed and wants to take Holly's place. Ed continues with his nocturnal walks mainly so he can try to meet the young girl he had seen on his first walk. And he continues to meet more loonies like a weird group of people in a van, a group of cannibalistic "trolls" who reside under a bridge, and a good looking guy named Randy who wants Ed to take him to his new girlfriend Eileen who he had seen with Ed at a late night doe-nut shop so he can "put it in her".
Overall, this one was one of Laymon's better novels which kept me turning the pages up to the end. I thought it was full of suspense and was so oddball that it made me lol a few times. Fun stuff!
Overall, this one was one of Laymon's better novels which kept me turning the pages up to the end. I thought it was full of suspense and was so oddball that it made me lol a few times. Fun stuff!
Typical Laymon story. It was okay, but the ending was a little disappointing to me. There is not as much sex and violence as other books of his I have read.
I have to admit I'm a fan of Laymon and this book kept me reading just to see what would happen the fact not much did kind of disappointed me. The end was a little creepy and I won't spoil it for you, because readers out there may have a different view than mine. If you're a fan, give it a chance and form your own opinions. I would still read more Laymon books. He is a very original author. This just wasn't my favorite.
an excellent journey thru the night, keeps you going till the very end
Everything changed for Ed that day in the fall semester when he got a letter from Holly, the girl he loved. "Dear Ed" it begn, I will always cherish the times we had....Holly was in love with someone else. It was as if his whole world had changed in a second. That night, heartbroken and half mad with despair, Ed couldn't sleep, so he decided to go for a walk. But it's a dark scary night in the lonesome October, and Ed is not alone!!!!
Once again Laymon hits the mark. Not quite as good as Body Ride, but still a great read.
excellent laymon read!!
I didnt like it
