The World Has Gone Mad! (Blood Crazy - Simon Clark)

Member Name: Tea65

Product:	Blood Crazy - Simon Clark
Date:	10/05/05 (320 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Superb read, Well written, Makes you think

Disadvantages: Not for the feint hearted

I discovered this book back in 1999. I had been wading through all of Richard Laymons books and had come to the end and desperately needed something to fill the void. The book stall that I regularly bought my books from recommended Simon Clark and advised that he was a fairly new writer and that I should try his book 'Blood Crazy', I knew that this was a selling tactic but bought the book any way.

^^^To Whet Your Appetite^^^

This is what is written on the back of the book.

It's Saturday. Going shopping? For a meal? To the movies? Everything nice and normal, right?

By Sunday, civilization is in ruins. Adults have become murderously insane - literally. They're infected with a crazed, uncontrollable urge to kill the young.

Including their own children.

This is the way the world ends...


^^^Synopsis^^^

The book is written on a first person account, based around Nick Aten, he's 17 years old, cocky, likes to party and get drunk, who doesn't at that age. He comes from a loving family consisting of his parents and younger brother and has a best mate Steve, who has a passion for cars and Oriental girls.

He has a lifelong enemy by the name of Tug Slatter, who goes out of his way to try and terminate Nick's existence, literally. Tug and Nick have to work together to survive, but will they???

The children that are affected by what has happened, start looking for their Messiah and they think that Nick Aten is the one, but is he????

^^^What's Been Said About The Book and Author^^^

'A master of eerie thrills' Richard Laymon (on the book itself)

'I actually loved Blood Crazy. Not just liked it but loved it' Beyond

'The pleasure of reading Blood Crazy is immense. I loved it both as a novel and an experience' Shivers

Please note this bit was copied from the Authors website.

^^^Price and Availability^^^

I bought this book new from a book stall for £5 but this is available in all book shops for £6.99 for a paperback copy or as much as £30 for a hard back copy.

^^^My Opinion^^^

As I said previously, I bought this book because it was recommended and I've not been disappointed, I am now on my third copy as I've read this book so many times.

This is the sort of book that as you read it, the theories that get thrown about begin to make sense and you also begin to wonder if anything like this could actually happen.

As the story unfolds you feel for the plight of the children and their fight for safety and existence.


^^^Information^^^

This book was originally published by Hodder and Stoughton back in 1995, but has since been re-released by Cemetary Dance Publications in 2001.

If you want to learn more about the author and other books that he's written, you can log onto his website www.bbr-online.com/nailed/

^^^Over All^^^

If you like this sort of author, then you are definately going to enjoy this book, I've just started reading this again and nearly half way through already.

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