Amanda's Reviews > The Grin of the Dark
The Grin of the Dark
by Ramsey Campbell
by Ramsey Campbell
I just could not get into this book. I tried so hard to like it, and a few times I thought I might almost be into it, but then I'd turn the page and there in front of me was yet another page of arguments the main character has with some person on a message board. The constant back and forth of the "message board posts" made me want to beat my head against a wall. Think about logging into your favorite message board and seeing post after post (think about 300 pages of it in this case)of the same two people going back and forth about which one knows more than the other and the one who's spelling is so appalling your eyes bleed. Yeah, that's pretty much the majority of this book. Then there are the parts where the main character has, what seemed to me, like mini strokes because he can't form a full sentence and makes zero sense. I'm surprised that I was even able to get through the entire thing. I kept having to convince myself that it would get better (It didn't. I lied to myself)and that I shouldn't give up on it. The only reason I finished it so fast was because I just wanted it over with so I could read something that didn't make me want to punt an armadillo. If you don't mind a book that makes your eyes bleed and makes you drool on yourself from the lack of brain cells you will have by trying to get through this, then by all means, read away.
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