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4.6 stars!I'm a huge Farris fangirl. Fiends is my 2nd favorite Farris novel. The man has been writing quality horror since the late 1950's. Compulsory, essential addition to any horror collection.
A solid readMr. Farris did a nice job with this. It would pair nicely with Salem's Lot. The only reason I didn't give it four stars is that the end was a bit choppy.
Read in 1990. Eerie, fast paced and original.
The "huldufolk" of the book are a truly scary creation and they are actual folk creatures from Iceland. The best parts of the book are set in the past, after the "folk" are accidentally set loose and take over a remote farming village. There are some great scares and a true atmosphere of evil and foreboding--the sort of thing Mr. Farris does so well in his books. Scenes set in the modern day (well, the '70s) aren't quite as effective, but all in all, this is one great book and is certainly well
Big potencial drowning in a infuriating slow pace. While the sister history have ups and downs, follow a clean vision, while the Arne part tends to confuse with a zigzag narrative. I expected nothing at the beggining, then the Iceland mithology arrived and I get curious, but continuous explanations made the true horror. For example, half of a chapter can describe a place where the history will not come back. Unless you are american or have good notion of the orography, it will not be fun.This bo...
It gave me glorious nightmares.
This book is not very good. In fact it’s pretty terrible.I know there are Farris fans out there and that’s fine, but if all of his novels are like this, I’m left scratching my head as to why there are those who continue to read his stuff and talk about how great he is.Fiends could but good, don’t get me wrong. There are a couple of cool concepts and Farris is actually halfway decent at writing characters and their backstories (even if all the players in this novel have zero distinguishing attrib...
Margery and Enid live alone in their parents’ home. Years before a fatal car accident claimed the lives of both their mother and their father. Margery is certain that her sister Enid, a talented artist is destined for better things in life. She is displeased that she remained in town and worked with the mentally ill at a place for the criminally insane. Things get worse for Margery when Enid brings home Arne Horsfall for an overnight stay as part of his rehabilitation. Margery can’t help feeling...
When a teenage girl and her sister accept a quiet, mentally disturbed man into their home for a weekend visit as part of his rehabilitation, they become involved in the resurrection of Icelandic demons that had been brought from overseas years before.This story is mostly set in the 70s but has several extended flashbacks to the early 1900s. These flashbacks are really the highlight of the book; John Farris’s writing is quite elegant, even poetic. The more contemporary sections are written more c...
llovee suspense, mystery....cant get enough of it.
I picked this one up in a take-one-leave-one bin at a roadside rest stop. Pretty much the perfect place for it. It's pulpy, trashy horror, and if you accept it as just that, it's entertaining. I loved this type of novel when I was a teenager, so it was fun for me to read something like this. Not exactly full of literary merit, but just kind of fun.
Perhaps I was expecting a different kind of book...something a little more apocalyptic.The characters are well written, however some are a little one dimensional. To be fair, the one dimensional characters are supporting characters. However, I felt that the Enid Walker character could have been fleshed out a little better.The creatures central to the story, The Huldufolk, are intriguing and definitely the only truly original aspect of the book.The non-linear story telling was handled well but it...
This hardcover is copy 380 of 500 and is signed by John Farris and artist Phil Parks.
Imaginative story of a breed of creation that have wings that is made from human skin.A story of triumph over evil not as scary as it seems an ok read.
This was recommended to me by a mutual horror book lover as one of her favorites. I've never read Farris before and found the book to be a good scare. He introduced a new type of monster for me.I was more than a bit put off by the racist language and was wondering if it was necessary or if Farris was trying more for a 1970's small town Tennessee way of speaking.
An excellent horror novel. Farris' writing is very strong. This is the first book I've read by him and I'm excited to read more of his work. This was pretty much a stellar big fat horror novel from the late 80s. Farris created something quite original here. Highly recommended for horror fans.
When a teenage girl and her sister accept a quiet, mentally disturbed man into their home for a weekend visit as part of his rehabilitation, they become involved in the resurrection of Icelandic demons that had been brought from overseas years before.This story is mostly set in the 70s but has several extended flashbacks to the early 1900s. These flashbacks are really the highlight of the book; John Farris's writing is quite elegant, even poetic. The more contemporary sections are written more c...
Like all other horror, the elements of a rainy night, camping in the forest, and another version of the vampire are all present here. I do like how every paragraph is written and the suspense.
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