Reviews for "COMPOSED IN BLOOD"
*****Chilling and Thought-provoking, March 4, 2012
By
Hiddenfire - This review is from: COMPOSED IN BLOOD (Kindle Edition)
This is a wonderfully scary take on something that could very definitely prove true some time in the future. A great blurring of life and art and questioning where one draws the line. The main character is well-written and draws you into the dilemma at hand. Very creepy, chill-inducing and thoughtful. It reminded me of a real-life situation in Canada recently where a man killed someone claiming to be Dexter. This is a scary and creepy book. I'll be sleeping with the lights on tonight.
*****Disturbing and Horrifying, March 4, 2012
By
CulturalFastFood -
This review is from: COMPOSED IN BLOOD (Kindle Edition)
What a fabulous idea! We've seen book after book and movie after movie about journalists and TV producers enabling evil for the sake of a a show, but I think this is the first time I've even heard of that story line as the focus of a novel. This was excellent. It's not for the weak of heart because it definitely has extreme violence and very sick and disturbing elements, but if you can handle those things brought into a story in order to advance the plot line (not just gratuitous) you will love this book. I can't wait to read more by this author.
By
CulturalFastFood -
This review is from: COMPOSED IN BLOOD (Kindle Edition)
What a fabulous idea! We've seen book after book and movie after movie about journalists and TV producers enabling evil for the sake of a a show, but I think this is the first time I've even heard of that story line as the focus of a novel. This was excellent. It's not for the weak of heart because it definitely has extreme violence and very sick and disturbing elements, but if you can handle those things brought into a story in order to advance the plot line (not just gratuitous) you will love this book. I can't wait to read more by this author.
*****5.0 out of 5 stars Composed In Blood Review, February 2, 2012
By
Angie
This review is from: COMPOSED IN BLOOD (Kindle Edition)
Cindy Sprigg has yet again taken the reader for a ride they won't likely forget. As always, the story grabs you from the very first page making it so difficult to put it down until its finished! I have become such a big fan of Cindy Sprigg that I look forward to each book that comes out, she has yet to disappoint me. If you enjoy a good story teller you're going to love this!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow. Seriously disturbed
and amazing horror.
January 25, 2013
By Kamilah S. Bryant
Format:Kindle Edition
This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. Thank You.
It has been awhile since I have read any Horror. My interest in books spans all genres. I used to read only Fantasy and Science Fiction, then I read only Stephen King, then I started reading Romance, but only Paranormal Romance, recently I started reading more Contemporary Romance. I also like reading YA, especially YA Dystopian. So now I feel like my reading interests have gone full circle back to Horror. I should pick up some Science Fiction/Fantasy while I am it. I used to be a fan of scary movies too, and I guess I still am though I haven't watched any in awhile. Slasher movies aren't something you can watch too many of with a small child in the house. I think a good horror tale should have just enough of the creepy and macabre to draw you in and keep you there quivering in terror until it's over. A good horror story makes you jump at strange noises in the night. A good horror story is something you remember long after you've finished reading it. Cindy Sprigg's book drew me in with the very first line and didn't let go.
The son of an incestuous relationship, Tommy lives in a shack surrounded by the bodies of his dead grandparents. Tommy was horribly abused by his grandmother and he grows up to be a crazed killer. A down on his luck writer, Jake, finds a body and thinks he may be on the verge of finding a really great, scary story. Jake is drawn into Tommy's madness. "The novel was now telling him he must supply victims to feed the boy, to feed it. The novel was everything; the story was his soul."
The writing in this book is amazing. It is descriptive and full of tension. The pacing is perfect. "A tale designed to make the reader both afraid to turn the page, but at the same time afraid not to." The story is twisted, messed up, bloody and scary. But it is also kind of sad. I feel sympathetic towards poor, crazy, killer Tommy. If you like Silence of the Lambs, Dexter, Psycho, or Saw than you will appreciate Composed in Blood. The dynamic between Jake and Tommy also reminded me of the 2006 movie Bug with Ashley Judd, based on a play, about the disorder where one person is drawn into another person's delusion.
The book is amazingly terrifying and after reading it you may need to sleep with a light on. Tommy and Max's story is one full of pain, blood and death. And Jake's descent into madness is seriously twisted. There is so much going on in this book. Sprigg seamlessly collects several fragments and weaves them into a whole. Thank you for this amazingly, disturbed, twisted tale, oh Mistress of the Macabre. After reading it all I could think was 'Wow'.
By
Angie
This review is from: COMPOSED IN BLOOD (Kindle Edition)
Cindy Sprigg has yet again taken the reader for a ride they won't likely forget. As always, the story grabs you from the very first page making it so difficult to put it down until its finished! I have become such a big fan of Cindy Sprigg that I look forward to each book that comes out, she has yet to disappoint me. If you enjoy a good story teller you're going to love this!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow. Seriously disturbed
and amazing horror.
January 25, 2013
By Kamilah S. Bryant
Format:Kindle Edition
This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. Thank You.
It has been awhile since I have read any Horror. My interest in books spans all genres. I used to read only Fantasy and Science Fiction, then I read only Stephen King, then I started reading Romance, but only Paranormal Romance, recently I started reading more Contemporary Romance. I also like reading YA, especially YA Dystopian. So now I feel like my reading interests have gone full circle back to Horror. I should pick up some Science Fiction/Fantasy while I am it. I used to be a fan of scary movies too, and I guess I still am though I haven't watched any in awhile. Slasher movies aren't something you can watch too many of with a small child in the house. I think a good horror tale should have just enough of the creepy and macabre to draw you in and keep you there quivering in terror until it's over. A good horror story makes you jump at strange noises in the night. A good horror story is something you remember long after you've finished reading it. Cindy Sprigg's book drew me in with the very first line and didn't let go.
The son of an incestuous relationship, Tommy lives in a shack surrounded by the bodies of his dead grandparents. Tommy was horribly abused by his grandmother and he grows up to be a crazed killer. A down on his luck writer, Jake, finds a body and thinks he may be on the verge of finding a really great, scary story. Jake is drawn into Tommy's madness. "The novel was now telling him he must supply victims to feed the boy, to feed it. The novel was everything; the story was his soul."
The writing in this book is amazing. It is descriptive and full of tension. The pacing is perfect. "A tale designed to make the reader both afraid to turn the page, but at the same time afraid not to." The story is twisted, messed up, bloody and scary. But it is also kind of sad. I feel sympathetic towards poor, crazy, killer Tommy. If you like Silence of the Lambs, Dexter, Psycho, or Saw than you will appreciate Composed in Blood. The dynamic between Jake and Tommy also reminded me of the 2006 movie Bug with Ashley Judd, based on a play, about the disorder where one person is drawn into another person's delusion.
The book is amazingly terrifying and after reading it you may need to sleep with a light on. Tommy and Max's story is one full of pain, blood and death. And Jake's descent into madness is seriously twisted. There is so much going on in this book. Sprigg seamlessly collects several fragments and weaves them into a whole. Thank you for this amazingly, disturbed, twisted tale, oh Mistress of the Macabre. After reading it all I could think was 'Wow'.