missing page info • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780899684369
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Publication date: 01 February 1977
Description
Middle-aged San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen is rediscovering ordinary life following a long alcoholic binge. Then one day, peering at his apartment window from atop a nearby hill, he sees a pale brown thing lean out his window…and wave....
Community Reviews Summary of 155 reviews
Moods
dark 66%
adventurous 33%
reflective 33%
tense 33%
emotional 16%
funny 16%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 16%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 66% | Plot: 33%Strong character development?
No: 33% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 16%Loveable characters?
No: 60% | N/A: 20% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 33% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 20%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Homophobia, PedophiliaModerate
Cancer, Drug use, RacismMinor
Animal death, Death, Incest
missing page info • first pub 1977 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780899684369
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Publication date: 01 February 1977
Description
Middle-aged San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen is rediscovering ordinary life following a long alcoholic binge. Then one day, peering at his apartment window from atop a nearby hill, he sees a pale brown thing lean out his window…and wave....
Community Reviews Summary of 155 reviews
Moods
dark 66%
adventurous 33%
reflective 33%
tense 33%
emotional 16%
funny 16%
Pace
slow 33%
fast 16%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 66% | Plot: 33%Strong character development?
No: 33% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 16% | N/A: 16%Loveable characters?
No: 60% | N/A: 20% | Yes: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 33% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 20%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Homophobia, PedophiliaModerate
Cancer, Drug use, RacismMinor
Animal death, Death, Incest