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A review by melihooker
Funland by Richard Laymon
3.0
Funland by Richard Laymon is straight up horror genre fiction and pretty standard Laymon in that it features some raw violence, 2-dimensional characters that inherently good or bad, and the male gaze quite typical of the perverted Laymon. I would describe his books as soap opera horror in that there is a predictable formula to them which includes plot developments and dialogue that could only be dreamed up in a male fantasy.
Dan Marlowe called Laymon "Stephen King without a conscience."
But for all those flaws, I still love Laymon because those flaws are kinda the point. It's like a slasher film delivering on kills and the retribution of our final girl at the end.
Funland is about the seaside town of Boleta Bay being infested by "trolls" (essentially homeless vagrants) overrunning the Funland boardwalk and the "trollers" that are fighting back. As the trollers continue their campaign against the trolls their methods continue to escalate leading to an eventual showdown... but who will survive!?
I would only recommend this to Laymon fans. Fun enough read, but not an essential read from the Laymon library. I would recommend others before this.
Dan Marlowe called Laymon "Stephen King without a conscience."
But for all those flaws, I still love Laymon because those flaws are kinda the point. It's like a slasher film delivering on kills and the retribution of our final girl at the end.
Funland is about the seaside town of Boleta Bay being infested by "trolls" (essentially homeless vagrants) overrunning the Funland boardwalk and the "trollers" that are fighting back. As the trollers continue their campaign against the trolls their methods continue to escalate leading to an eventual showdown... but who will survive!?
I would only recommend this to Laymon fans. Fun enough read, but not an essential read from the Laymon library. I would recommend others before this.