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Moonslasher
Finally, she forced herself to move, but before she could take a single step, the creature sprang. A scream welled up in her as she raised her arms in a futile attempt to fend off the beast. Before the scream could leave her lips, her mouth filled with blood, as slashing fangs ripped out her throat.
Is it human, or a creature from the hell of some long-buried past? Can it be stopped, or will it live forever?
Is it human, or a creature from the hell of some long-buried past? Can it be stopped, or will it live forever?
- GenresHorror
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1987
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July 22, 2019
I first encountered this novel back in the 1980's. My Grandfather had acquired it from a secondhand book seller and I ran across it one evening while browsing his collection. I was only a kid and probably had no business reading anything like MOONSLASHER, but I did anyway. From page one, I was hooked. The story was fierce, uncompromising, and genuinely terrifying. I read it at breakneck speed, and never forgot it. That old paperback copy is long gone, but I was delighted to find it available as an eBook on Amazon. Rereading MOONSLASHER was just as much fun the second time around--perhaps more so, because as an adult I was better able to appreciate not only the horror factor of the novel--which is considerable--but the carefully built small town setting and the superb characterization, without which the horrors would have no foundation. You really care about the people who populate the pages of MOONSLASHER, and when one of them dies a horrible death at the fangs and claws of the monstrous villain, it means something. MOONSLASHER is such an excellent thriller that I'd call it the best were-monster book I've ever read. Usually werewolves dominate the field of lycanthropic horror, but if you count werecats this is my favorite of the breed. An exciting, gory and nightmare-inducing creature feature, MOONSLASHER is great horror entertainment.
June 1, 2021
Fun and action filled, if not a bit predictable.
July 21, 2025
I read this book in high school and to this day, this is the MOST terrifying book I've EVER read!
July 13, 2022
I have so much to say about this novel, but I will try to keep it short. Moonslasher by author Douglas D. Hawk was originally published in 1987. The Kindle edition I just read was recently re-edited and updated. To me, this is a big no-no. The book was updated to include modern technology in the story such as cell phones, internet, iPads, etc. because these did not exist when the book was first published in 1987. Why would an author go back and do this? Leave things as they were originally written. Don't ever go and update your novel.
Even worse than updating the book was that it was re-edited. Whoever edited this Kindle edition needs to find a new job. The editing was horrendous! There were over 100 instances of typos, missing letters, missing words, inverted words and letters, and more. It was very hard getting through this book with all the editing errors. It was as if they didn't even try to edit it was so bad.
Spoilers:
Next, I feel I was bamboozled into trying this book as to me, it was misrepresented as a werewolf novel. Now many of you might not see the problem with this but I, as a huge werewolf nut paid for this book solely because I thought it was about a werewolf, not so. It is a wereleopard/werecat. Everything from the book's description to the cover art intimated the book was about a werewolf. I have nothing against other shifter stories, but when I think I'm getting a werewolf story and it turns out not to be, I get upset. The original 1987 mass market paperback cover of the novel showed a big cat, not a werewolf on the cover. The new cover for the Kindle edition inexplicably shows a wolf's head on the cover, so wrong. If they would've left the book's original cover, I would've known it wasn't a werewolf novel.
Other than all the previous problems, the story is actually not bad at all. The characters are likable and the story is well-written. It's not scary in the slightest but there is a good amount of blood and gore in the story. The story was set up for a sequel, and one was written. I enjoyed the story enough to want to know what happens in the sequel.
As I said, the story itself was not bad at all, but all the editing errors and misrepresentation as to what the book was actually about really turned me off, hence the 2-star rating.
Even worse than updating the book was that it was re-edited. Whoever edited this Kindle edition needs to find a new job. The editing was horrendous! There were over 100 instances of typos, missing letters, missing words, inverted words and letters, and more. It was very hard getting through this book with all the editing errors. It was as if they didn't even try to edit it was so bad.
Spoilers:
Next, I feel I was bamboozled into trying this book as to me, it was misrepresented as a werewolf novel. Now many of you might not see the problem with this but I, as a huge werewolf nut paid for this book solely because I thought it was about a werewolf, not so. It is a wereleopard/werecat. Everything from the book's description to the cover art intimated the book was about a werewolf. I have nothing against other shifter stories, but when I think I'm getting a werewolf story and it turns out not to be, I get upset. The original 1987 mass market paperback cover of the novel showed a big cat, not a werewolf on the cover. The new cover for the Kindle edition inexplicably shows a wolf's head on the cover, so wrong. If they would've left the book's original cover, I would've known it wasn't a werewolf novel.
Other than all the previous problems, the story is actually not bad at all. The characters are likable and the story is well-written. It's not scary in the slightest but there is a good amount of blood and gore in the story. The story was set up for a sequel, and one was written. I enjoyed the story enough to want to know what happens in the sequel.
As I said, the story itself was not bad at all, but all the editing errors and misrepresentation as to what the book was actually about really turned me off, hence the 2-star rating.
July 30, 2022
Fast Paced and fun!
Very solid book, filled with non stop action! I read this in two days, because I had to see what would happen next. That in itself says something!
Very solid book, filled with non stop action! I read this in two days, because I had to see what would happen next. That in itself says something!
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