Review: Like a bad 70s flick - amusing but not good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2013
And its probably intentional that this book is kind of like one of those groovy horror flicks from the 1970s. Like where all the girls are bombshells in miniskirts and the evil guys are either hairy, fat and obnoxious or well groomed, wearing boots and speak slightly feminine. Here is the story: Groovy Mike digs this hot chick Marnie and they do everything together except the 'thing' Mike really wants to do. Just when he thinks he will never shag Marnie, she invites him to a meeting which takes place in a garage and they have chips and dip and beer and , btw, they want him to join their devil worshipping cult. Yep, just like that. Mike says no,no,no. But they gotta have Mike so they force him to join and to prove himself (right away). The rest of this groovy story is about sex, drugs, evil deeds and Mike enjoying that except that he can't get with the evil swing and doesn't respect these evil people. Finally, they push him too far and he pushes back. Then, call Bo and Luke cuz its going to be some crazy s*** happening.PROS: If you like those crazy, campy horror flicks (and I do), then you will at least be entertained by this. The cult leader is very interesting and all the scenes with her are fun. And some of the evil antics will surprise you. By the end of the book, I disliked all the characters (except the cult leader) so it was fun to watch and see who would die and how they would get offed. Spoiler alert: I would have liked it if more could have been sent to 'be with Satan'. Another 'PRO' is the afterward where the author explains the origins of many story elements and his thoughts. A definite bonus.CONS: Most of the characters are boring and shallow. The protagonist is exceptionally frustrating because he is so ambiguous. He loves his evil girlfriend and wants to be part of her evil world, but he doesn't. How the hell they picked him to be in the group is never explained and its a recurring theme throughout the book that he is 'special' and how much the leader and his girl like him. But why? So here is my main problem with this book. It wants to both be 'groovy' and 'fun' like a bad horror flick but it also wants to be a sensible story and explain rationale and strategy and all that and it turns out to be neither fun nor sensible. There is no reason to pick this guy to be in their cult, there is no reason for him not to run straight to the police, no way they could get away with killing so many people. So instead of boring us trying to explain the 'reasons' for things in this book, just throw it all away and make it groovy diabolical University where all the evil professors teach devil-worshipping to the students. Just get it all out in the open and have fun and lets not worry about who killed who and will they get away with it.Even though they cult members are adamant that they are very serious about worshipping Satan there is very little discussion of that except for occasional "Satan be praised" or "Hail Satan". The really big mystery is why all the hot Satan loving chicks in this book are so happy to have orgy sex with the bland guys?