Flesh and Blood

by Graham Masterton

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Flesh and Blood's publication will coincide with Masterton's new title, Spirit.

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I read this book as part of a horror group read at Shelfari.
The story opens with a particularly sad, gory scene and after that the rest of the story seeps in.
I don't like to go into the plot too much in my reviews, but I do need to touch on a couple of points. 1. There are parts of the plot that are a bit fantastic (in the true sense of the word) and not very believable. 2. There were certain parts of the story which focused on Czech mythology. I don't know if they were true or not, but they definitely read as if they were and I enjoyed those portions of the story the most. 3.The sex scenes I felt were unnecessary. They didn't progress the plot at all and the characters involved were already defined without having to throw in those show more scenes.
Overall I liked the story but felt that the ending didn't really deliver the denouement that I expected. Usually I like when that happens, but in this case it seemed that some confrontations that seemed fated to occur, didn't.
Lastly, I read the Kindle version of this book and it had some issues. There were no space breaks between changes in POV. It threw me out of the story each and every time it happened. Also there were some formatting problems such as some words beginning with "TH" had the TH changed to 'M". Therefore the word 'that' becomes mat. This was very annoying. I did not count these issues towards my rating, but wanted to mention them as a heads up to future readers.
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My favourite book. No matter how many times I read it, I just love it as much as I did the first time.

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Writer Graham Masterton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on January 16, 1946. He received training as a newspaper reporter and edited the British men's magazine Mayfair. At the age of 24, he was the executive editor of Penthouse and Penthouse Forum. During this time, he started writing sex how-to books. In 1976, he published is first horror novel show more The Manitou and has written over thirty-five more over the years. He has received numerous awards including a Special Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America for Charnel House, a Silver Medal by the West Coast Review of Books for Mirror, and the Prix Julia Verlanger for Family Portrait. He has also written four collections of short stories and is the author of the Rook series. He currently lives with his wife in Cork, Ireland. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Flesh and Blood
Original publication date
2002
People/Characters
Terence Pearson

Classifications

Genres
Fiction and Literature, Horror
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6063 .A834 .F54Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000

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93
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344,495
Reviews
3
Rating
(3.77)
Languages
English, French, Polish
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
6
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3