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Johnny Gruesome (2008)

by Gregory Lamberson(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1934755451 (ISBN13: 9781934755457)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Medallion Press

review 1: Metal, rock and roll and vengeance from the grave. The trifecta of a cool horror novel comes in the name of Johnny Gruesome. Murdered in his senior year of HS, his best friend and girlfriend help cover the crime. Johnny is all about loyalty, and he doesnt take kindly to how he was treated in life, or in death. Most of all, he doesnt like the fact that his girl and BFF didnt do anything to help him when he needed it most. The police rule his death a suicide. That really pisses Johnny off, and not evend death will keep him from wreaking havoc on a town that counted him out from the very start.
review 2: This book really reads like a great horror film from the eighties, with author Gregory Lamberson directing it like one of the masters. While the story might seem ... morea bit familiar, it's Lamberson's economy of words that rockets the reader forward in this classic revenge tale. There is no fat to be found in this story, anywhere. You're immediately propelled back into the good old days of high school peer pressure, only this time, you get to experience the dishing out of brutal punishment through the eyes of our villain. I enjoyed the fact that even though Johnny is hurting people, you still feel empathy for him and understand the reasons for his slaughter, twisted though they may be. Fans of the movie Return Of The Living Dead should take note and celebrate and pick up a copy of this book fast. This is one of the most entertaining horror novels I've read in a long time. Simple yet effective, it has all the right beats and delivers all the goods. You won't be disappointed. less

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