A review by thejoster
Midnight's Lair by Richard Laymon, Richard Kelly

fast-paced

3.25

I went into this with high hopes because the description just sounded like it’d be right up my alley, and the general story was nice! and exciting to read! However the sexual assault really ruined it for me, i get that part of it was the basis for the whole story but there could’ve been other ways to achieve the same purpose. Plus the whole deal with Kyle? Yeah, no. Also there are like several misogynistic things said that didn’t seem self aware or like they were meant in a joking way (which’s not suprising given this was published in the 80s, but still). Last thing i didn’t necessarily like was the incredibly abrupt ending that felt extremely lazy, which’s relatable, but left me pretty unsatisfied. To end this on a positive note though, all in all it was easy and exciting to read because it’s pretty fast paced and, you know, takes place in a dark cave 150 feet below the surface.
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