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Title: Fairly decent killer bug book *mild spoilers*
Review: THE NEST by Gregory A. Douglas isn't for the faint of heart; the deaths are described in very gruesome detail, even for a horror novel. Just warning you.Anyway, this is a pretty good "nature gone mad" book. The various inhabitants of the island of Yalkie are drawn pretty realistically and no one really feels like a stock character or archetype. Suspense sequences are done nicely. There's a sex sequence (well, sort of) that seems a bit random, but otherwise, everything flows well.This book is a bit of an odd hybrid of a 50's giant monster movie (the general pace and narrative flow) and an 80's slasher film (sexual content, gruesome deaths, even a killer-isn't-quite-dead-yet scare). Also, there seems to be a slight right-wing spin, a mild conservative twist, but not enough to really bother me (who's about as left-wing as you can get).
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