What is your opinion?
Headcount
"This is a truly fascinating page-turner that fits into several genres, to my thinking, but all of the rapid-heartbeat variety. It starts out with the feel of a Thriller and then, elements of the supernatural grow until Horror creeps in. It kind of makes me think a bit of Dean Koontz, but, honestly, I feel the novel is much richer and more robust than Koontz's work, and also has strong elements of satire. The character's are vivid, with quirks and contradictions and loves and losses that make them very Human, and really, in the end, after a rather harrowing climax, it is the clear-eyed humanity of the writer that mops the reader's brow and raises this out of Genre and into literature.. I'd imagine that there is something for most readers in this novel--although maybe the squeamish might wish to skip over a few chapters.... I have given it full marks in punctuation/grammar, although there are a couple of sentences in which I felt a fine-tooth comb might be needed, and noticed a typo or two. (I figure they are typos, as the author 's word-skills are considerable.) The last thing I'd like to mention is that, man oh man, this would make a blockbuster of a movie...."
Head Count
"A great read! Once you start, good luck putting it down. Terrific story, characters and pace. Cinema for the mind. Hoping for a sequel!"
Smart, funny and frightening
"This book reads like an intelligent Stephen King serial I want to know what happens next! The characters are all well formed and interesting. There are moments of hilarity that offset the tense suspense that makes you want to keep on reading. There is a lot that happens, but more that I want to know about them. I think it's interesting that a Canadian is writing about the culture and location chosen, but don't doubt that he has actually been there. Everything seems so real and well fleshed out. I'm impressed, and I'm not an easy audience."
