Endless Night

I've said it before and will probably say it again: Laymon is a master at making an unbelievable event something believable, and more importantly an awesome read. In this case, Jody is sleeping over at her friend's house when a group of killers break in and kill everyone but Jody and her friend's little brother. And that's only to get things rolling. Luckily Laymon doesn't take it too far as he has in some other novels. Instead the story develops and moves naturally with no more crazy events. No second equally weird plot to connect up with the primary story line. As would be expected, the dialogue and characters are dead on with what you would expect. This is one of his more entertaining books and as such you'll probably be like me and show more stay up late devouring it as fast as you can. show less

I have to say I was disappointed reading "Body Rides" with Laymon. I mean, I had heard he was the greatest thing this side of horror, but just wasn’t feeling it. After reading "Endless Nights," however, I just might jump on the Laymon happy go lucky bandwagon after all!

The book starts off with horror and ends with even worse horror. From the very first few pages, tension is high enough to induce a nervous breakdown in the reader.

Laymon whips up a dessert full of dark atmosphere, rich characters, smooth pacing, and mouth- watering suspense. This book is a little long when you look at it from a side view, but when you're reading it, you'd never notice the length because you're so preoccupied with what you're reading. Most of the pages show more are blood-soaked; Laymon doesn't hesitate to describe the violence and horrible happenings in gruesome, unflinching detail.

If you want to jump into Laymon, make Endless Night your intended spot. Read it once, read it again, and then lock it away for safe keeping! show less

Jody is sleeping over at her friend's house. It's all well...until she shes her friend impaled on a spear. And then all hell breaks loose. Jody and her friend's little brother Andy manage to escape...but that's just the beginning. First, there's the pursuit. And there's the waiting. Becuase the killers will catch up...and they'll want to have some fun...

Then there's Simon. He's the guy who's been assigned to find Jody. Which is perfectly alright with Simon, because he has an agenda of his own, which he relates to the readers as he narrates his sections of the book. You see, Simon just may be sicker and crazier than his colleagues...and he'll stop at nothing to capture Jody.

There is one thing going for this novel that most other horror show more novels lack: suspense. Richard Laymon wove suspense into everything he wrote. Few can match him when it comes to edge-of-your-seat storytelling. If for that reason alone, you should buy this book.

"Endless Night" is a bit gruesome, I'll admit. It had my stomach churning in a couple of spots. But it is a good, fast read. A bit darker than Laymon's last published novels have been (although, as any fan can tell you, he can get pretty sadistic at times), and a bit more haphazzard, but "Endless Night" is still a novel for horror fans, or Laymon's new legions of fans (of which I am one). It's a thrilling, gory ride...one that will have you at the edge of your seat the entire time. show less

Endless Night - Richard Laymon ***

Jody Fargo is staying at a friend’s house overnight when she is woken up. She walks out on the landing and peeks into her friend's parent’s bedroom. She witnesses not just a murder but a 'slaughter party'. A number of men are doing all sorts of things with the dead bodies. She escapes along with her friend’s younger brother but is seen and pursued.

The book is told in almost alternating chapters from both Jody and her main pursuer, Simon Quirt. As Simon tracks her down he leaves behind a trail of bodies and we are allowed to share his twisted views. The ending provided a nice twist, one of those books that doesn't finish when you think it will.

As is typical of Laymon expect lots of sexual moments show more with a very sick slant.

I enjoyed the book but having read a number of his books I am finding them a little too formulaic and I am fast coming to the conclusion of 'Read one, read them all'. I think that if this had been the first book I had read by the author then I would have given it five stars. show less

If you've read any Richard Laymon at all then you know what to expect. There's plenty of wonderful descriptions of girls body's and clinging clothes, and the usual gore is there too, in droves. This one is about a group of guys calling themselves the Krulls after a group of cannibal killers in a slasher novel(I wonder if that's a real novel?) that spend their time snatching young ladies and raping, torturing and killing them, and all for kicks.

We follow Jody, who's a typical Laymon protagonist, young, beautiful, sexy etc, and a young boy she's babysitting called Andy. There's a slight difference with this story though since the chapters alternate between the Jody/Andy viewpoint and one of the Krulls' viewpoints, a real sicko called show more Simon.

If you haven't read any Laymon before then you're in for a treat, and if you have then you know just what kind of treats you're going to get, so it's win-win all the way.

Highly recommended. Lots of wonderful pervy scenes, lots of wonderful gory scenes and a nice fast-paced, sicko type story to get you all geared up for halloween. show less

This book was totally disturbing! Laymon has a twisted mind, but yet he writes in a way that you just have to keep reading to see what happens next.

The usual Richard Laymon gory novel. Started out as a fun read, with a lot of action but then just faded. I have read a lot of his works to know he has a very different and twisted imagination so I was not surprised by the topic; it just got repetitious in spots. I like books that move fast and don’t find it necessary to keep repeating things. Glad I read it, but probably would not recommend unless the person already knew his style.