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Review title: This book was written by a man for men
Product review: I agree that Richard Laymon's In the Dark is fast paced, quick read. But the main character needs to be convincing and likable in order for the story to work. I never believed the actions of the primary character, Jane Kerry. Her interest in playing "the game" was believable ONLY in the first encounter, but her behavior gets more and more unbelievably bizarre. Only a woman who is disconnected from reality would kill dogs, sleep in coffins, and write messages on her own body just to keep her stalker and his cash flowing. By the middle of the book I just kept hoping she would fall in a hole and disappear. But the most annoying aspect of this book was Laymon's use of words that showed him as a product of the 70's..."Jane dropped her switchblade knife into the pocket of her culottes." Culottes? Come on now!
