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A review by vikingwolf
Funland by Richard Laymon
2.0
The amusement park in Boleta Bay has a huge population of homeless beggars(trolls) who menace and intimidate locals and tourists alike. A group of vigilante teenagers calling themselves trollers decide to start scaring the trolls into leaving so they can have their town back. But when their pranks develop into murder, sinister things are going to happen especially in the old funhouse.
You really can understand the attitude of the trollers as these 'trolls' are vicious, offensive and violent, causing nothing but trouble. We're not talking about the harmless homeless man looking for spare change. These people are dangerous and nobody wants them around. However it is difficult to find anything to like about their leader Tanya, who uses her sex appeal to snare the boys into doing anything for her.
It is one of the slower and less enjoyable books, and not much is really going on for the first half of the book. It only livens up as Tanya becomes more deranged, and the big confrontation takes place inside the Funhouse. Now the Funhouse sequence I did enjoy, as I'm a bit twisted and I liked the rising death toll! And I did like the irony of the ending.
You really can understand the attitude of the trollers as these 'trolls' are vicious, offensive and violent, causing nothing but trouble. We're not talking about the harmless homeless man looking for spare change. These people are dangerous and nobody wants them around. However it is difficult to find anything to like about their leader Tanya, who uses her sex appeal to snare the boys into doing anything for her.
It is one of the slower and less enjoyable books, and not much is really going on for the first half of the book. It only livens up as Tanya becomes more deranged, and the big confrontation takes place inside the Funhouse. Now the Funhouse sequence I did enjoy, as I'm a bit twisted and I liked the rising death toll! And I did like the irony of the ending.