DJMikeG's Reviews > Mirror

Wow, Masterton pulls out all the stops with this over top, simply batshit insane horror novel. Its a bit of a slow burn at first, but at around page 100 things start to pick up and the insanity escalates and escalates until the end. I didn't rate it higher, because I did really enjoy this book, there is such a thing as just cramming too many ideas, too much carnage, too much insanity into 345 pages of fiction. While I'm in awe of all the crazy, incredible things Masterton has crammed into this thing, I'd have loved to maybe had a little more time to hang out with each crazy thing before the next one came barreling at me. I don't want to give anything away, so I won't, but at around page 300 something huge is revealed. This huge thing could have been the climax of the novel and it would have been amazing. But, nope, Masterton either had too much espresso or too much cocaine or something that day and he manages to cram so much other stuff into this book AFTER what a normal author would have been happy with as a climax... its just too much. I like candy, but I don't want it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, know what I'm sayin? That said, this book was an absolute hoot to read and I recommend it to all fans of excessive 1980s horror.