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Book Review of Island

Island
Island
Author: Richard Laymon
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Rupert Conway was invited on a vacation with his girlfriends family. What should have been a great adventure turned into a torturous nightmare. The yacht was blown to pieces and the family was stranded on a deserted island. One of the family members was insane and lured the family on this trip and started indiscriminately murdering the men. What started as 8 castaways quickly became four.

The first half of the book was ok though it was dragged down with unnecessary rablings (filler). The last half of the book drifted into the realm of rape and torture. I think this story could have been told just as effectively with much less of this behavior than was detailed. It was just way over the top.

I wouldn't ever read another book by this author as it would just be a waste of money.