Perhaps you're looking for some good, straight out horror? Edward Lee has impressed me with his previous novels, and he didn't disappoint with "Monstrosity." Almost reckless in its atrocities, Lee's work is NOT for the casual reader, not for the lite King fan. We find a disgrace military officer discover a new life in the Florida Keys working at a mysterious cancer research lab as head of security. As she begins to notice more and more strange things occur, the woods beyond the perimeter are fil...

Lee definitely has a talent for grossing out readers with his brutal descriptions of terror and violence, but overall this particular story was too slowly paced. I have a few other Lee books on my shelf that I am eager to dig into, though. I just hope his others don't take 200 pages before it starts to get interesting.

I really enjoyed this book, but it was full of potholes. For one thing, since the security people were always there, why did they know is there were never any patients wandering around? It was supposed to be a cancer treatment clinic. So where will the patients coming and going? There's no way they wouldn't have been suspicious or anything at the complete lack of patients wandering in and out of the building. Towards the end of the book, Clare finds blood and shotgun shells that indicate someone...

Hardcore creature feature of a novel. I was eager to get back to it in the evenings after getting my work done. Not for the timid. This isn't just about things that go bump in the night. This is much, much more frightening and beastly.

This was gross. Not sure I recommend it but I do know that I loved it. I can still feel something crawling under my skin. Fun stuff! I may need to go on an Edward Lee binge this year.

Reading every summer one Edward Lee's extreme horror/splatterpunk novel is a guilty pleasure of mine... and I can't really recommend them to anyone without someone calling the cops or a sanitarium.This one too is not going to win a feminist award because of the high (explicit)sex/ (luckly not explicit) rape count, but it was a thrilling action packed gory creature feature... like reading a Resident Evil screenplay made by a Troma (try watching Slither and some older flicks by James Gunn, now fam...

I've been reading (and writing some) all sorts of different horror books and authors since I was a kid. I've met some, known some, hung out with some, been published with some but during my whole life, while I have enjoyed the macabre, the surreal, psychological horror, the masters, the fringe and everything in-between, and while I have admired a writer's imagination, mastery of their craft, ability to suspend disbelief, etc., Edward Lee is the only writer I can think of who has actually scared

Apart from the ending, this book was a very fun fast paced read. True it's filled with sex and quite a bit of gore and more than a handful of rapes, but as with Flesh Gothic, for some reason the sex and rapes didn't bother me as much as they do in other horror writer's books. Perhaps it is because of the lack of detail and description in Lee's writing. Short Synopsis- Two concurrent stories run through the book, one is about an archeology dig and the second (and main story) follows Clair, who ha...

Always enjoyed Lee's style. This one is a book where not a lot happens but so much happening all at the same time. Quicksand. Mutants. Over sized animals. Chemical experimentation. Rape. Rape and more Rape. Orgies. Love Triangles. Evil Scientists and so much more. Highly recommend for the horror fan that likes their books with a lot of horror elements all rolled into one with characters you actually dont mind reading about. I read it pretty fast as there was a lot of action rolled in with plenty...

This was my first Lee novel and I chose it as I live in Central Florida, where it was set. Ketchum blurbed that 'Edward Lee's writing is fast and mean as a chain saw revved to full-tilt boogie' and I have to agree. Visceral and relentless, Lee can tell a mean story. The bulk of this takes place on a Gulf island off St. Pete at a research facility run by the US Air Force. Our main lead Clare was an MP in the Air Force and after suffering a horrible rape, gets railroaded out of the Air Force as th...

So after reading six books of 600 plus pages this year so far I needed a simple read. A guilty pleasure if you will. A straight up, in your face horror novel that doesn't attempt to overdo it but is a solid story all the same. Thanks Ed Lee for fulfilling that desire. I never read your stuff prior to this and clearly I've been missing out. Great lead character, lots of gore, some good scares and a solid ending (despite what some other reviewers are saying about the end). The fact that I read it

This Cemetery Dance hardcover is one of 1000 produced and is signed by Edward Lee. Clare Prentiss thinks her new home and her new job as security chief at at Fort Alachua Park, a Florida wild lands preserve, seems too good to be true. But the truth is worse than she could ever imagine as Clare is soon stalked by monstrous creations of genetic mutation.Science intersects with supernatural phenomena. The book has a couple of story threads,

I thought the book was a pretty descent read for my first Edward Lee book. I kind of wished I read one of his more gorey books but for the most part I enjoyed it and it was a page turner with one of the biggest twists I've seen in a ending. I will def be reading more from him.

Edward Lee is one of my favorite horror authors. I had just finished "Flesh Gothic" and was looking forward to the same chills and stomach-turning images in "Monstrosity". Unfortunately, I spent the majority of my time flipping through the pages thinking, "What the *%^$ is going on?" and then when all was revealed - let's just say the ending was a major letdown. Definitely not your typical Edward Lee. I gave it two stars because the side bits with the 'necks and other minor characters were rathe...

My first Edward Lee horror novel and based on this one, likely not my last. Nice plot, good pacing and nicely done horror mixed with a lot of over-the-top craziness. Sort of like watching a car crash...repulsive in many ways but I can't look away. Reminds me a lot of Richard Laymon and since I've read most of his books, Lee might serve well as a replacement.One problem with this novel, however, which struck me a lot more than it will most readers. The author's biography tells of some time served...

I had been hearing a lot about Edward Lee in various horror groups. It sounded like he might be right up my alley, so I gave Monstrosity a shot. The book was a fun read but it didn't quite live up to the hype I was expecting. There were some very convenient events happenings that felt borderline lazy writing, as well as repetitive-to-the-point-of-disinterest that had me wanting the book to just end. The premise itself was interesting and I really hoped it would all come together. I do know there...

Oh I love my splatterpunk. Even though there are many accounts of gore and rape the absolute worst part of the book was being naked and covered in bugs that are attracted to "moist" places. Ugh. I actually had a nightmare about that part! Overall this is one of the best horror books I've read. Gorey, sex, violence, experiments, weird frog human babies. What's not to love?

I guess I liked it... I just wish there wasn't so much to do about rape!

This was my kind of horror book! I thought it was great all the way though. I loved the story, the characters and the setting. This was the first book I have read by this author, but I will definitely read him again. The ending (epilogue) was somewhat out in left field for me, but otherwise I would recommend this book to anyone who likes their horror gross and gorey.

Great readAnother great read from Mr Lee. The storyline and characters were captivating. You think the story is going one way adventures a sudden twist and it goes opposite. The mutations were disgusting and the description of them was so good you could picture them in all there gross abominations. Good read with gross parts and freakishly horrible mutations. I really enjoyed it and would recommend.