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Michael
Book by Dean Van Scoyoc, Andrea
268 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2006
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Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc
88 books4 followersCritically Acclaimed Best Selling Horror Sinisteria Author of "The Two"...Winner of the 2005 Preditors and Editors Horror Novel of The Year For "A Man of Two Worlds"...2006 Second Place Finisher in the P & E Readers Poll for "Michael"...2007 3rd Place Finisher P & E Polls Author of The Year
Owner of Twisted Dreams and Worlds Within Worlds Beyond Magazines.
Owner of Twisted Dreams and Worlds Within Worlds Beyond Magazines.
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July 26, 2010
While I had been given this book to read by a friend in order to prove to me how atrocious it was; I trudged through it and did find one redeeming point--a small aspect of its concept, the cemetary.
The idea of lingering conscious entities locked to one spot of land for so many centuries that they can loose any relation to humanity or memory is an interesting one; but, it seemed to be lost amid pages and pages(unnumbered, at that) of graphic sex and a simplistic plot where the characters were often one-dimensional, constantly sobbing, angry, or aroused. It became a tedious and annoyingly repetitive read.
Many times within it an action/description would be either arbitrary and pointless to the scene, or one sentence would immediately contradict a previous one. This, along with the almost constant use of the characters' first names line after line (sometimes twice in the same sentence)make it a structural headache, in my opinion.
A couple of hints to this author might be: to use pronouns more often as they give the reader credit for being intelligent enough to follow the flow of narrative, and to get an editor, please!
Overall, I found it an unimpressive book and would not actively recommend it.
The idea of lingering conscious entities locked to one spot of land for so many centuries that they can loose any relation to humanity or memory is an interesting one; but, it seemed to be lost amid pages and pages(unnumbered, at that) of graphic sex and a simplistic plot where the characters were often one-dimensional, constantly sobbing, angry, or aroused. It became a tedious and annoyingly repetitive read.
Many times within it an action/description would be either arbitrary and pointless to the scene, or one sentence would immediately contradict a previous one. This, along with the almost constant use of the characters' first names line after line (sometimes twice in the same sentence)make it a structural headache, in my opinion.
A couple of hints to this author might be: to use pronouns more often as they give the reader credit for being intelligent enough to follow the flow of narrative, and to get an editor, please!
Overall, I found it an unimpressive book and would not actively recommend it.
March 30, 2014
This may actually be the worst book i've ever read. And, i do not say that lightly, i don't think i ever given a book one star before. Gay zombie erotica sounds like something i would love, but this book is atrocious. Don't waste your time.
November 30, 2010
Three words can sum up why this book is great and so different; angry zombie erotica.
Well, I guess I should qualify that by saying angry zombie erotica of the homosexual variety. Either way, even as a bisexual woman, I rather enjoyed this book's sex scenes.
Most of the story centers around a character named Michael, hence the book's title. Michael is a zombie. Or at least he's walking around in a dead body. He's actually a disembodied spirit of some sort that hijacks the body of a recently dead young man in order that he might pursue a life with his one true love, Taylor... Oh yeah, and he survives by eating human flesh.
Taylor is a completely heterosexual college student who likes to visit the graveyard where Michael's spirit has been hanging aournd in limbo for the last untold centuries. Taylor is a helpful, nice sort of fellow who immediately offers assistance and friendship to Micheal, who he believes is human of course. But all the same Michael's romancing of him gets off to a very rocky, and violent, start. The finish isn't too peaceful either, but I won't give that part away.
My only real complaint about this book is in the development of the character of Danny; a cop investigating the town's rash of missing persons and cannibalistic murders. The reader is meant to dislike Danny for his small mindedness and cruelty yet empathizes with due to the unfair way in which he's fellow officers treat him, or at least that was the impression I got. In the end I found myself having rather mixed feelings about him, but that is not my complaint. Danny behaves in a way and makes statements a real cop would never make, even if he or she were corrupt, racist, and homophobic.
Beyond that this is one of the best pieces of fiction I've read since... Well, since I read "Playing Devil's Advocate" by Andrea Dean van Scoyoc.
Well, I guess I should qualify that by saying angry zombie erotica of the homosexual variety. Either way, even as a bisexual woman, I rather enjoyed this book's sex scenes.
Most of the story centers around a character named Michael, hence the book's title. Michael is a zombie. Or at least he's walking around in a dead body. He's actually a disembodied spirit of some sort that hijacks the body of a recently dead young man in order that he might pursue a life with his one true love, Taylor... Oh yeah, and he survives by eating human flesh.
Taylor is a completely heterosexual college student who likes to visit the graveyard where Michael's spirit has been hanging aournd in limbo for the last untold centuries. Taylor is a helpful, nice sort of fellow who immediately offers assistance and friendship to Micheal, who he believes is human of course. But all the same Michael's romancing of him gets off to a very rocky, and violent, start. The finish isn't too peaceful either, but I won't give that part away.
My only real complaint about this book is in the development of the character of Danny; a cop investigating the town's rash of missing persons and cannibalistic murders. The reader is meant to dislike Danny for his small mindedness and cruelty yet empathizes with due to the unfair way in which he's fellow officers treat him, or at least that was the impression I got. In the end I found myself having rather mixed feelings about him, but that is not my complaint. Danny behaves in a way and makes statements a real cop would never make, even if he or she were corrupt, racist, and homophobic.
Beyond that this is one of the best pieces of fiction I've read since... Well, since I read "Playing Devil's Advocate" by Andrea Dean van Scoyoc.
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