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Book Reviews of To Wake The Dead (aka Amara)

To Wake The Dead (aka Amara)
To Wake The Dead - aka Amara
Author: Richard Laymon
ISBN-13: 9780843954685
ISBN-10: 084395468X
Publication Date: 11/2/2004
Pages: 386
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 54 ratings
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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11 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed To Wake The Dead (aka Amara) on + 148 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
One of his most imaginative works yet!! Interesting concept and the usual excellent visuals.
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Helpful Score: 1
I've read every book by Richard Laymon that I could lay my hands on(or could afford) and can honestly say that he is my favorite author. This happens to be about Amara,beautiful Princess of Egypt. Now, 4000 years later,she and her coffin are nothing but prized exhibits in a Museum. But her mummy's coffin is open and Amara is again free to stalk her prey, to kill, to satisfy her bloodlust. And,you can't kill what is already dead!
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Carnivorous Mummies going wild, it's a gas!
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Another great horror story by Richard Laymond. This time an ancient mummy returns to life.
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Scary eye-candy, a page turner.
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If you are a Laymon fan you will love this book
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An Egyptian mummy with long red hair that rises from the dead and kills. Good suspense - you pretty much can't go wrong with Laymon books.
texastech avatar reviewed To Wake The Dead (aka Amara) on + 71 more book reviews
Definitely Laymon fan written.
TangoBrat avatar reviewed To Wake The Dead (aka Amara) on + 83 more book reviews
A 4,000 year dead mummy walks...and kills. Good scary stuff here!
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rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent Laymon read for Horror month. This book had a lot of typical Laymon-- sex, gore, etc.

It was almost like reading two separate books as there were two different story lines that we were following. One was the story of the mummy Amara and her rise and killing rampage from the dead. The other was totally different with characters being captured, caged and used as sex slaves.

The two story lines do converge at the end and although there were a couple of things left unanswered the book was worth the read. If you can handle Laymon.
bjlowe avatar reviewed To Wake The Dead (aka Amara) on + 103 more book reviews
At first glance,"To Wake the Dead" seems to be just another tired retelling of "The Mummy" or one of it's endless incarnations. I was actually a bit disappointed, thinking this was below Lamon.
However a couple of intriguing back stories with kicker twists kept me reading.
All in all, this is a pretty good book but not necessarily one of Lamon's best. The plot is a bit jaded and the tie-in to the backstories is a little weak but it is worth the reading.
As usual with Richard Lamon, there is plenty of gratuitous graphic splatter and a hammer-down writing style which is just what you expect from this author. If you like Lamon, you will probably like this book.