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After having seen the film of Pontypool, I was under the impression that the other novels in this series would somehow be related to the zombie outbreak narrative, but they aren't. The IDEA of a linguistically-borne illness of infected words sounds great, but there isn't enough about language itself here--much more appears in the film, which involves a talk radio DJ (much better). We need a writer-protagonist in the novel, or a journalist--something more than what's here.
I found these to be very long on gore and general ick and short on well, anything I would enjoy. I'm sure there are fans of this stuff, and I used to think I was one, but clearly I must no longer be one of them.
I picked up this omnibus on the strength of the horror film PONTYPOOL. I was expecting something close to that. My expectations were not met. I made it all the way through Hellmouths (repurposed review below) and was unsatisfied. I attempted to see if Pontypool was closer to what I wanted, skimmed enough to determine that it was more of the same as Hellmouths, so I bailed early. I can’t recommend this omnibus. Let me start that I came to this collection (The Hellmouths of Bewdley) expecting horr...
It's an odd thing when fiction works when, really, it shouldn't. Such is the case with everything I've read by Canada's own Tony Burgess. His voice, to make an understatement, is unique and bizarre. His storytelling is anything but typical, non-linear at times and even, at certain junctions, seems to completely ignore everything else that has come before it. For those reasons, it shouldn't work. Yet, in this author's capable hands, it always works and leaves the reader with a itching sensation o...
I saw the film version of Pontypool, and when I found out that it was based on I book, I knew I had to read it. I absolutely loved the movie, and I figured the book would be even better. Unfortunately, I only made it through about a quarter of the book. Maybe not even that much. Hellmouths of Bewdley was one of the strangest, most discomforting things I've ever read. The stories are incredibly weird, and very often seem to have no point. A couple people will interact, then the interaction will e...
It's hard to rate a book that's really three in one (or more, in this case, depending on how one wants to split the whole mess up). Overall, the books are an uncomfortable thing to read. It's not the violence or drugs or sexual references of a most deviant sort; it's none of that. The discomfort emerges in his wording and in the dizzying shift of perspectives. While this perspective shifting is most prominent in "The Hellmouths of Bewdley", it does make an appearance in the other two books. "Hel...
Being totally honest I was a little disappointed. I went into this having enjoyed "people still live at Cashtown Corners" but for me the style of the writing was a little too over-written, to the point where the story-line got lost. I would probably say Caesaea was the best of the three for me as the story was the most coherent. I will likely still try and read the sequel to Pontypool Changes everything to see how the story ends, but overall I'd struggle to recommend this compilation.
