Beware! - Richard Laymon

Beware! - Richard Laymon: Beware those with a sensitive disposition (961 words)
by samueltyler - written on 20.12.06 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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If you have the inclination you may one day choose to listen to an old person. For all their wurthers originals and knitting they often have a lost of wise words to say. One thing you often hear is that life was better back in the day; less violent and less crime. If we follow their theory to the next stage this would mean that Victorian times must have been better than their day? What with the slave-like lives of the poor and the abundance of illness, maybe their right? What about in Victorian literature, surely people were more civilised there? I think not! Having read H G Well’s ‘The Invisible Man’ I get the impression that invisibility makes you a thoroughly ...

Early Laymon so not his best but still not bad by his standa ... (294 words)
by sparkymarky1973 - written on 18.08.06 (Useful, 41 readings)
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A series of strange incidents at a local supermarket prompts the attentions of local reporter,Lacey Allen.But investigating the crimes brings her closer to the truth than she ever wanted to be when she herself is attacked by a mysterious,invisible assailant. Meanwhile Matthew Dukane,hired to rescue the daughter of a prominent businessman from the arms of a witches' cult,finds himself on the run when the leader of the cult takes his interference personally. How are these two characters connected?At first they're not but,in true Laymon style,both plots are melded together effortlessly in this neat little tale that lives up to all of the nastiness of ...

Beware! - Richard Laymon: Highly entertaining horror (115 words)
by philsammie - written on 16.07.00 (Somewhat useful, 26 readings)
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Beware! is in my opinion the most entertaining of Richard Laymon's earlier books. It is short (by Laymon's standards) but is snappy, fast moving and is basically just great fun. It's theme - invisibility - is of course hardly original, but that doesn't matter a bit when a novel is as entertaining as this. As a general rule, I prefer Laymon's later books: the writing tends to be more accomplished, the characters more complex, and the plots more involving, but Beware! manages to succeed precisely because it IS less complex and deep. It may not be at the cutting edge of originality, but you'll have a great time with it. ...