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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780843956108
ISBN number: 0843956100
Label: Leisure
Manufacturer: Leisure
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 354
Printing Date: July 31, 2007
Publishing house: Leisure
Sale Popularity Level: 459586
Studio: Leisure
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This book came highly recommended from a friend to be the scariest book ever. I am finding it hard to kee my attention. It is not very scary and way too much dialog. Haven't got 1/2 way through yet. maybe it'll get better
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I expected horror, sure. But I got HORROR. Stuff that made me cringe, stuff that made me have nightmares, stuff that I could picture vividly, horrifically. And I cried. I cried for the villains. I cried for the victims. I cried for all the children. I don't think I've ever cried during a horror book before. Unless A Child Called It counts. But man, this one messes with your head. It makes you look in on your children in the wee hours of the night. It makes you watch them closer afterwards. It makes you grateful for them that much more. A great book, all in all. I will be checking out a lot more of Braunbeck's work.
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I was not in a hurry to read this book, the title just seemed so... Dumb, but I let Rosco (the family sheepdog) pick my most recent read and this is what he came up with (mainly by sniffing this cover very first out of the stack of 100 or so books stacked neatly on the floor). I was surprised that I enjoyed this as much as I did. I wasn't a huge fan of "Coffin County" but I do remember that I enjoyed 9/10ths of the book, so I did have a flicker of hope.
Short synopsis: The tale is told by a mystery man in a bar, he tells the story of a child who is a killer of children, and a woman who has lost her child, and slowly the three stories weave together into the story of Mr. Hands.
This is a tale of vengeance, pity, and monsters... not the creeping around under the bed, or hidden in the sewer grates monsters... people who are monsters - child abusers, neglectors, and killers... and those who have to cope with living in the same world as them. The title story in the book is 269 pages, with a short novella in the back titled "The Mudmen" to bring it up to the standard 330 page Leisure Fiction length. I know that this is a horror story, but it really never FELT like a horror story. Rather than scaring me, terrifying me or disgusting me... I felt pity, remorse, and a bit of loathing at what Braunbeck points out. Being a parent, the concept of losing a child and the damage it would do not only to me, but to my relationships and my sanity was all too real. Now should that actually happen, and someone hand me the tool in which to gain vengeance, not just for my child, but for all children that have been brutally murdered and abused... and I am not sure that I would be strong enough to turn that away. When seeking vengeance it is all too easy to become what we hate most... a monster ourselves, and that is exactly what Braunbeck points out in this novel.
For the most part this novel is well written and keeps your attention. What drove me completely insane though is the use of run-on sentences that never ended. Page 102 in the paperback is all one sentence... and it runs on to the subsequent page. It never occurred to me what effect run-on sentences like that would have on a reader... but it made my head hurt a little, like I wasn't able to stop and regroup to let the previous sentence sink in. These run-on sentences occur throughout the book, though none stuck out so blatantly in my mind as that one. I'm a bit disappointed in his editor for letting that one slide by. Also the combination of the cover and the title make this a hard book to take seriously and really get excited to read. The good news is that it reads fast, takes place in the familiar territory of Coffin County and seems to have a pretty good resolution to it all (which was my issue with the book "Coffin County"). This book is not at all scary though you will find yourself reading from beginning to end, and there is quite a bit to think about, particularly if you are a parent.
The three star rating is due mainly to the typos and run-on sentences in the book. There is nothing worse than reading a book and suddenly your mind slams on the e-brake because of a typo or bad grammar. You are pulled completely out of the story as your brain tries to process the bad data. Still, it's an entertaining read if you can get past that.
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"Mr Hands" was fine as a concept, but the exposition was pretty weak, especially the endless "cute" banter between those characters listening to the story, as told by a visitor to a bar. While reading this one, I kept thinking: "Braunbeck's wit is to prose as country & western lyrics are to poetry"--in other words, banal and pointless. Very little of the (allegedly) humorous exchange served to advance the plot. Indeed, I got the impression that much of it was probably included as a form of inside joke, ie, lifted straight from conversations the author had with his friends over far too many pitchers of beer. Anything seems witty after many pitchers of beer.
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This was the very first book I had ever read by this author. To be honest, I liked the cover! And I was right. It was fun and enticing! Horror fans read this!
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