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Castaways (Leisure Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Brian Keene (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 285 pages
  • Publisher: Dorchester Publishing (1 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0843960892
  • ISBN-13: 978-0843960891
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,183 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, 10 Mar 2009
By marky77 (England) - See all my reviews
  
This is by far my favourite Brian Keene novel, I was extremely impressed with it!

The plot revolves around a group of around a dozen people who are on a tropical island as part of a reality TV show called Castaways. However, there is a storm due so the crew of the show set off on a ship for safety leaving only the contestants, along a few remaning crew members to record how the Castaways deal with the storm. However, we soon learn that our Castaways are not along on the island as they thought, when they are systematically attacked by a group of cannibalistic inbred savages who inhabit the island.

We mainly see things from the point of view of our protagonists, Becka and Jerry and also get a few chapters from other charcaters' (mainly in suspenceful stalked-by-the-savages type scenes). The suspence starts off right from the first chapter and doesnt let up untill the end so there are no boring parts, and I found the characters of Becka and Jerry to be both realistic and likeable so that you really hope they survive.

Deffinatly his goriest and most frightening book so far. He dedicates this to Richard Laymon, stating that the cannibals in this novel were inspired by the creatures from the Beast House books. Laymon is my favourite author and I think he would be proud of this book. Very highly reccomended, I read most of it in one night because I could not put it down.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HORROR GALORE!!!BEST BRIAN KEENE BOOK, 6 Feb 2009
By K. Smith "BOOK GEEK" (BRISTOL.UK) - See all my reviews
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THIS IS MY FAVORITE BRIAN KEENE BOOK SO FAR.AFTER DARK HOLLOW AND GHOST WALK I WAS LEFT ABIT BORED.
THEN I PICKED THIS UP AND IT IS A PAGE TURNER TRUST ME.
GREAT STORY,GREAT CHARACTERS AND PLENTY OF GORE.
IF YOU LOVE EDWARD LEE ,JACK KETCHUM GET THIS NOW!!!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept with cheap horror, 20 Sep 2009
By Mr. G. Battle (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
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Keene presents his own origin of the hairy brutal killers that appeared in Ricahrd Laymon's Beast House trilogy. The narrative is similar too, featuring a cast of mostly unlikeable characters, numerous of promises of death, mutilation and sexual torment, and an easy to follow plot. The glimmer of hope for Castaways is the basic premise of the a TV reality show, akin to Survivor, which offers a fresh angle for a slasher novel. Alas the concept is never fully realised and after the early chapters Castways becomes just another gore-laden horror novel. Of course, Keene and Laymon fans will lap it up.
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OK, a horror book from the US that after my experience with Found You, I thought would be pretty descent. Alas the book had more flaws than Buckingham Palace. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but a little on the short side.
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