Review: Bizarre and irreverent!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2012
I can say I was fortunate in my choice to review "Mad Mannequins from Hell"; as soon as I read the title, I told myself "Ooh! Sounds like some wicked and deranged fun!"And I wasn't so far off in my initial assesment: it was an astonishingly fun and bizarre read that leaves no stone unturned and no sacred cow untipped. I was laughing my head off from page one to the last, and was eagerly turning each page, just to see what happened next. It certainly lived up the author's claim over that this book is "Killer Klowns from Outer Space meets the Evil Dead II".Sadly, this amazingly funny book suffers from a few shortcomings that made me substract a point from my overall score. First, the text is somewhat uneven; there are portions that are nothing short of brilliant, like the two odd detectives that are after the main good guy, the small scene with the pseudointelectuals and the combat-nun triad... and then these little gems are overshadowed by other portions that seem rather aimless at times, as whether the author was still unsure about which direction his story is going. Also, the comedic timing was a bit off on a few occasions, but that's the risk of mixing horror with humor in a novel that throws in everything but the kitchen sink. The ending left me a bit disatisfied because a couple of loose ends weren't properly tied up. I hope these are resolved in a future book (if any).Second, this book will only be enjoyed by readers with a true penchant for the genuinely bizarre, which condemns it to a very narrow niche market. What a pity.Overall, this is a recommended read if you're the sort of person who peeks at the covers of the National Inksmearer while waiting their turn at the supermarket line (I am). Otherwise, just don't bother; this sort of humor will just fly over your head, leaving you bewildered and unhappy.