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| Title | : | Toady |
| Author | : | Mark Morris |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2007 by Humdrumming (first published October 26th 1990) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction |
Mark Morris
Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.86 | 152 Users | 10 Reviews
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'Toady' aka 'The Horror Club' is Mark Morris' first horror novel, which was originally published back in 1989 by Piatkus. Corgi have since bought the rights to the novel and re-released the 702 page epic fantasy / horror tale.From the start, you can clearly see a strong resemblance to Clive Barker. Morris' writing style is superb, with a descriptive nature that sets a atmosphere so vivid, it's incredible. His imagination is at times so bizarre, you feel the world has no bounds...and indeed it doesn't, especially in this novel. The storyline races through, which keeps you gripped from the moment the boys start the s ance. Mark's characterization is second to none, making the reader really feel for each member of the Horror Club. The book ends very well, which was my only problem with his later novel 'The Secret Of Anatomy', which was a fantastic Barker style horror / fantasy novel that built up incredibly to the end, with such a disappointing conclusion. If I'm honest, as I drew close to the end of this novel, I was half expecting a similar thing, as it was nearing the last pages and everything was still up in the air. But no, a fantastic (and a little tragic) ending, that wraps the whole novel up perfectly.
'Toady' does include the usual Doctor Who mention as always, due to this being a little passion of Mark's. We can easily let him off this as it certainly does not interfere with the novel. All in all, 'Toady' was a great horror novel that you can dive into and get totally absorbed by the weird and disturbing world that Mark Morris' bizarre imagination has created.
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| Original Title: | Toady |
| ISBN: | 1905532415 (ISBN13: 9781905532414) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 152 Users | 10 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Toady
Today is a strange beast a 700 page 90s horror with as much fantasy thrown in the mix as horror,the premis is a classic kids with Ouija board releasing something malevolent. Great real personas on all the characters,creepy monsters and above all fantastic writing skill, I felt the ending a bit quick coming but saying that I think this was because no wanted another 200 pages or more in RED in its wonderful world of mermaids in jars and it's streets of gargoyles in there many fashions.Five star3 stars = a good, scary storyIt reminded me of the cheesy goodness of a Zebra horror, which gave it high points already. Add in kids versus teen bullies, a creepy falling-down house and a seance that goes who-knows-where, and it's going to be good fun. The monster is...well, hard to understand. What does it want? What is it? What the heck is it doing?
An excellent, lush, slow-burn horror novel. Not a book to burn through, but one to take time with. I especially enjoyed Morris' balanced, finely structured prose, and I especially liked the brief bit of fantasy world-building near the end - would've liked to have seen more of that nightmarish world. I clearly need to read more Mark Morris!
Really love the story, the imagery. I enjoyed this as much as I did almost 30 years ago, when I read it the first time. I need to re-read this one more often. Hopefully I can find it on kindle some day.
Fantastic book! Scared the hell out of me!!!
Very disappointed! Not scary at all. I think it's a young adult book. The cover and summary on the back cover made it look and sound terrifying. Oh, so disappointed!
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