The Influence

THE INFLUENCE contains some of the most horribly unsexy sex scenes I've ever read. They're awkward and cringe-y.

It started off well, with the whole evil in a small town trope but then descended into something that wanted to be like Salem's Lot or Needful Things, (where the reader is treated to different views from people all across the town.) Unfortunately, I didn't care enough about these people or this town for that to work for me.

There were some pretty imaginative and fun creatures throughout, but what was the story behind them, what was the point? I usually like when every thing isn't tied up in a nice little bow, but geez, I would like a little bit of ribbon!

Overall, this had potential but it didn't live up to it. Just an okay read show more for me show less

There was a hint of the charnel house when I picked this up. I made it to page 48 before I got to the real biblio-necropolis. I had to hold my nose to continue. I had to tie a damp rag around my head to press on. Alas, I could go no further, the stench was too great...

Horror ritin fer Jethro Bodeen.

Sorry if I offend anyone who likes this sort of thing. Mine is going on eBay.

Easy to read, fluffy creature-feature from Bentley Little. Fun, but not spectacular, Little perhaps attempts to add some depth to proceedings by having a reversal of fortune between the haves and have-nots, but mostly this is a pretty straightforward tale along the lines of horror flick JEEPERS CREEPERS and Stephen King's DESPERATION. The ending was surprisingly unsurprising.
Overall, not a bad book, but not great either. If you've been a horror fan for more than a few years, you've seen this all before.

After the third or fourth vignette about Ross and his dick, I called it quits. I know men are basically transfixed by them, but ah, yeah, that's enough. Returned to Audible.

Just couldn't get the right feel for this type of story. Will have to read something else by him

Another good Entry in the ever expanding Bentley Little catalogue.

Bentley Little can go fuck himself. Seriously, this book pissed me off. 416 pages. About 350 pages of bullshit and maybe 66 pages of actual story. So, seriously, go fuck yourself, Bentley Little. I hate your stupid face.

I read this book because someone recommended it. In fact, they said that "Anything by Bentley Little is fucked up and scary as shit". Now, I want to hunt down the motherfucker that wrote that recommendation and have him explain to me how the fuck this book qualifies as "fucked up and scary as shit". Because, goddamnit, it's not. Okay, it is kind of fucked up, sure. I mean when you actually get to the story part, the 66 pages of story are very fucked up and kind of interesting. That's the only reason I finished the book. show more But, goddamnit. Why do I have to wade through 350 pages of utter horseshit in order to get to an actual story?

So yea. 1/5 because there is an actual story in the book somewhere, and it's actually pretty good, once you get through the 350 pages of garbage. But, seriously, fuck Bentley Little in his stupid asshole. show less