Mystery Galore

Edward Lee’s Slither.

Gulped down another fascinating read yet again! This book took me by storm and I devoured it every chance I got. Slither is a part of the Horror genre and if you enjoy Horror, this’ll be your cup of tea! The jest is there’s an embarkment set out on an island in Florida with a team of two worm enthusiasts, a ditsy blond/poser photographer, the head scientist, a trio of rednecks, some gators, grotesque larvae and worms that grow so fast your head will spin! Just when you think it can’t get any more detailed and disgusting…it does!
I noticed a parallel with one of my fav authors, Carl Hiassen. Lee uses satirical carnage and revenge and make your stomach turn while you chuckle. I’d say that’s quite an accomplishment.
I did hit a speed bump towards the end, but in spite of this, I had to read to see just how the story would wrap up. And it was worth it! I loved the ending and it didn’t leave unanswered questions…just the way a book should end. Another Must-Read!

Excerpts:
pg. 245 – she skimmed by more clumps of coral, and there it was: the darkening decline…Nora stared through the prism of her mask. The arrangement of flesh and bones lay before her almost as if it expected her. Scraps of fabric around he hips indicated shorts too skimpy for a man, and another band of fabric about he rib cage was clearing a bikini top. … Eyeless sockets looked back at her, and something like a grin struggle through the waxen swollen traces of flesh around the mouth. White teeth glimmered through. A flap of while skin floated off the chest, darkened by the circle of a nipple. … Bones were all that remained of the feet, and off the femur and skins, more white flesh wobbled like jelly.