Revelation

it was ok, not great though

This was my first Bentley Little Book. I have been hooked ever since. I have read every book and this one still ranks in the top three. If you are a fan of early Stephen King Horror novels, then This and almost every Bentley Little book is for you.

Felt a little long at times, but that did help get the whole story across. Great horror (my first read of Bentley Little's)

I can't help but take "Revelation" as a commentary on abortion. If you were to count the number of times the word "abortion" comes up in this novel, it would be... quite a few. I had a hard time with the first part of the novel. I could find no direction in it. Just as I had decided the novel was ridiculous nonsense, it picked up in intensity and I finished it out in the sitting. Let me...more

I can't help but take "Revelation" as a commentary on abortion. If you were to count the number of times the word "abortion" comes up in this novel, it would be... quite a few. I had a hard time with the first part of the novel. I could find no direction in it. Just as I had decided the novel was ridiculous nonsense, it picked up in intensity and I finished it out in the sitting. Let me say that as a person who dislikes children and babies, I was pretty horrified by the whole of the story. I have actually had a dream like Gordon's dream. Just as in his, babies were in the tops of pine trees, only they were not in swings, but hanging upside-down from the tops of them as though gravity had been reversed for them. As Gordon was to rescue them in his, I was to rescue them in mine. Reading your own dream laid out in a horror novel is pretty damned creepy. Brother Elias impressed me with his knowledge of the scriptures, though his quotes occasionally seemed out of place and irrelevant. I would wager Little has little actual biblical knowledge. Therein did show some sharp witticisms—I liked the subordinate wife scripture Brother Elias shared with the pseudo-eunuch Gordon. I also liked the small jab at Episcopalian preaching. Those church-goers amongst you will know exactly what I reference. Overall, this was indeed a work of horror. I felt a sense of dread throughout. At one point in reading I heard something walking on the roof. I hope it was not a fetus. Not recommended for pregnant women.   hide

This was the first Little book I ever read, back in grade school or high school. Scared the hell out of me and I have been reading him ever since.

An award winning Little book, however, the worst of his I've read. There was nothing overly bad about it, just his other books I've read were better. My suggestions are to read The Association, Evil Deeds or The Summoning. Great, nasty novels. Mind you, a room full of drunken rednecks getting munched on by living dead aborted fetuses? Can't be bad!

Wow.

Bentley rocks as a horror story-teller.