CUTS
published by Leisure Books
ISBN-10: 0843957522
ISBN-13: 978-0843957525
reviewed by Adam Armstrong
04.18.2008
Albert Prince
has a horrible sexual fetish: he likes to cut women. Once he lets himself go
full throttle into his fetish he can’t control himself and leaves a blood
stained path, littered with bodies, for the police to follow. Albert cuts
across the country heading west. Meanwhile out in
The character
of Albert Prince set this novel up to be a great read.
However, Albert’s tale is interspersed with the tale of Janet, her friends, and
a bunch of teacher acquaintances that can’t seem to keep from cheating on each
other. Janet, Ian, Lester, and company all seemed like secondary characters
that only existed to carry on the plot of Albert’s bloody rampage. Laymon treated the teachers as though they were the
protagonists, but they only succeeded in boring me half to death. Laymon’s energies could have been better spent developing
Albert and his back story more and using the other bunch for what they were:
fodder for slaughter.
This novel
doesn’t quite cut it. If you’re a fan of Laymon’s
work and you want to read everything of his, seek it out at a library or buy it
used.
2.5 out of 5
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