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Mother Legs
A giant, telepathic spider befriends a small boy, seeing the world through his eyes, with murderous intent... When Blake Turner's addict mother disappears in rural Canada, he assumes she's simply relapsed. But, when his search for her uncovers evidence of a terrifying monster and the sinister conspiracy to hide its existence, he must decide just how far he is willing to go to protect his loved ones. With only a depressed park ranger and a local reporter to aid him, Blake delves deeper into the mystery to discover what the creature is, and why it wants to start a family.
- GenresHorror
486 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 30, 2018
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April 17, 2019
Audio – 3 stars
Story - 3.5 stars
This book was seriously creepy and disturbing. Creepy because…SPIDERS!! YUK!! I hate them. They scare me. They also fascinate me, as long as they’re not physically near me. I’m known to scream if I’m taken by surprise by one flashing on the TV screen or if I turn a page in a magazine and a big, hairy one is on the next page.
Real quick about the story. A spider develops makes a mental connection with a little boy who happens to be psycho. The boy has thoughts of killing his parents and little brother, so yeah..psycho. As the boy grows, so does the spider. And get this…they become lovers. At one time, the boy, now a man, refers to the spider as his wife. Ewwww…
Anyway, the spider wants children, so she and the man use women as surrogates and impregnate them. As for men, the spider turns them into these mutant-spider like zombie things. Since she creates them, they all call her mother.
I spent so much time saying “ewwww”, “gross”, “yuk” and “oh fuck” while listening to the audio.
This was a really great creature feature story. The only reason it’s not 5 stars is because it was a bit long winded, and at times, I got a bit lost because of the back and forth between the past and the present. It didn’t help that the narrator did a poor job giving the many characters in the story distinctive voices. The only distinctive voice she gave, and did and excellent job with, was the creepy mother spider, and the creepy zombie men when they were going after their “food”.
If you don’t mind being creeped out and loosing some sleep, I recommend this book.
Story - 3.5 stars
This book was seriously creepy and disturbing. Creepy because…SPIDERS!! YUK!! I hate them. They scare me. They also fascinate me, as long as they’re not physically near me. I’m known to scream if I’m taken by surprise by one flashing on the TV screen or if I turn a page in a magazine and a big, hairy one is on the next page.
Real quick about the story. A spider develops makes a mental connection with a little boy who happens to be psycho. The boy has thoughts of killing his parents and little brother, so yeah..psycho. As the boy grows, so does the spider. And get this…they become lovers. At one time, the boy, now a man, refers to the spider as his wife. Ewwww…
Anyway, the spider wants children, so she and the man use women as surrogates and impregnate them. As for men, the spider turns them into these mutant-spider like zombie things. Since she creates them, they all call her mother.
I spent so much time saying “ewwww”, “gross”, “yuk” and “oh fuck” while listening to the audio.
This was a really great creature feature story. The only reason it’s not 5 stars is because it was a bit long winded, and at times, I got a bit lost because of the back and forth between the past and the present. It didn’t help that the narrator did a poor job giving the many characters in the story distinctive voices. The only distinctive voice she gave, and did and excellent job with, was the creepy mother spider, and the creepy zombie men when they were going after their “food”.
If you don’t mind being creeped out and loosing some sleep, I recommend this book.
October 9, 2019
Mother legs by Ty Greenwood is a novel about a spider that’s developed in a lab and grow to an unusual size “Mother” which is the name it chooses, escapes; It connects telepathically with a child before disappearing into the woods that surround a nearby town called Hope in Canada. People go missing and the police believe they have a serial killer on the loose.
I felt a little overwhelmed at the 480 pages and by the number of characters introduced and their explained relationships. The novel is written chapter by chapter from each character's perspective, as well as jumping between the past and present, which can confuse.
Generally, I don’t like to quit a book and try to give the story a chance to develop. So I battled on through and was happy that I did. The story kept my interest and builds nicely into a good creature horror story.
Sadly, there are a few punctuations and misused words throughout. I think the novel would have benefited if proofread rather than the use of a spellchecker that seemed to have missed a few words.
Overall, not a bad read.
Thank you Hellbound Books for the opportunity to review.
I felt a little overwhelmed at the 480 pages and by the number of characters introduced and their explained relationships. The novel is written chapter by chapter from each character's perspective, as well as jumping between the past and present, which can confuse.
Generally, I don’t like to quit a book and try to give the story a chance to develop. So I battled on through and was happy that I did. The story kept my interest and builds nicely into a good creature horror story.
Sadly, there are a few punctuations and misused words throughout. I think the novel would have benefited if proofread rather than the use of a spellchecker that seemed to have missed a few words.
Overall, not a bad read.
Thank you Hellbound Books for the opportunity to review.
October 11, 2019
I personally loved this book, it had an almost movie like flow to it. It didn’t bog you down with all the usual filler you get with a lot of books. The “ The night was balmy and their was a heaviness in the air, blah, blah, blah”. This book hits the ground running and drags you down the road at 100mph.
Yes spiders are creepy, but that makes the story even better. Like I said I loved it. Will look forward to many more of this kind from the author. One of the best to me I have read in awhile. I have recommended this to several friends and will to many more.
Yes spiders are creepy, but that makes the story even better. Like I said I loved it. Will look forward to many more of this kind from the author. One of the best to me I have read in awhile. I have recommended this to several friends and will to many more.
September 23, 2019
Mother Legs is an innovative and detailed piece of art bringing together the dark, hopelessness of Stephen King, and the surrealism of Franz Kafka. An unusual tale of a spider affecting the psyche of a young boy. Dark, detailed and witty.
April 15, 2019
2 stars audio
3 stars story.
Due to my sister I was pressured into finishing this gross creepy ass book. LOL I don't know if it was the narrator or the story itself, but I had a hard time keeping up with what was going on in certain parts of this book. The narrator didn't do a good job giving each character their own distinctive voices. And because there were so many of them I just couldn't keep up.
3 stars story.
Due to my sister I was pressured into finishing this gross creepy ass book. LOL I don't know if it was the narrator or the story itself, but I had a hard time keeping up with what was going on in certain parts of this book. The narrator didn't do a good job giving each character their own distinctive voices. And because there were so many of them I just couldn't keep up.
March 16, 2022
An absolutely captivating, but extremely messed up book.
I found myself texting my group chat “wow this book is so messed up, I don’t know if I can continue on” multiple times while I continued to read. I was horrified but intrigued. I needed to know what was going to happen next.
While reading, I had absolutely no issues visualizing what was being described. The scene looking at the police station parking lot will probably stay with me for awhile. There were a few characters I wasn’t too sure of when first introduced, but I ended up really liking most of the characters and their dynamic. A couple characters didn’t grow on me, but I think that was the intent.
I wasn’t too sure if I would be able to handle switching between character narratives and the past/present due to my usual lack of focus, but I found it extremely easy to read and keep track of what was happening.
I found myself texting my group chat “wow this book is so messed up, I don’t know if I can continue on” multiple times while I continued to read. I was horrified but intrigued. I needed to know what was going to happen next.
While reading, I had absolutely no issues visualizing what was being described. The scene looking at the police station parking lot will probably stay with me for awhile. There were a few characters I wasn’t too sure of when first introduced, but I ended up really liking most of the characters and their dynamic. A couple characters didn’t grow on me, but I think that was the intent.
I wasn’t too sure if I would be able to handle switching between character narratives and the past/present due to my usual lack of focus, but I found it extremely easy to read and keep track of what was happening.
December 25, 2021
A classic monster story set in small town Canada.
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