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    Monstrosity

    By Edward Lee

    3.5/5

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    Sexual obsessions running amok, a stagnant lake full of abominable horrors, and a secluded clinic with a secret wing that no one’s ever entered. These are just a few of the goings-on in this macabre tech-horror story in which veteran novelist Edward Lee takes the mad-scientist theme into shocking new territory. Security manager Clare Prentiss swears she’s being watched during her nightly rounds on a remote federal nature preserve. Meanwhile, local hoodlums disappear without a trace, and women are dragged into woods to be raped and discarded by some unspeakable thing. Indeed, something is stalking Clare. A man? A monster? Or something significantly worse? Creepy, erotic, and gory, MONSTROSITY delivers up the horrors at a break-neck pace and doesn’t stop until the final page.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNecro Publications
    Release dateJan 22, 2014
    ISBN9781939065308
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    Edward Lee

    Edward Lee is the author of Smoke & Pickles; chef/owner of 610 Magnolia, MilkWood, and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, Kentucky; and culinary director of Succotash in National Harbor, Maryland, and Penn Quarter, Washington, DC. He appears frequently in print and on television, including earning an Emmy nomination for his role in the Emmy Award–winning series The Mind of a Chef. Most recently, he wrote and hosted the feature documentary Fermented. He lives in Louisville and Washington, DC, and you can find him on Instagram and Twitter @chefedwardlee.

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    • 3/5
      Well, I just finished Monstrosity...it was good, but not great. The beginning of the book started off strong, but about halfway through it faltered a bit for me. I felt like the author kind of stumbled his way through the story to reach the (*eyeroll*) predictable ending. There were a few editing mistakes, but they weren't major.One thing that bummed me out more than anything else was I think the cover and the synopsis is a bit misleading. The cover shows these four hideous looking monsters emerging from the woods. Where were these four monsters in the story? I only found one. The stalking of Clare in the synopsis doesn't ring quite true either.Although I didn't love this novel, I will be reading more of Lee in the future. If you decide you want to give this book a go, I would suggest getting it from the library instead of buying it.*Book Hollow
    • 1/5
      This book's a great, big, poorly written ball of rape by someone who takes, perhaps, just a little too much pleasure from the subject. Not the worst book I've read this year, sadly, but close. Oh, and the classism really slimed up this book, like no swamp monster ever could. Reading this book compares to having the devil rub his unwashed bum over every inch of your body and then set you on fire.
    • 4/5
      Since this is only the second Edward Lee book I've read, I can't really say I see a pattern to his novels, but the two I've read had a lot of violence directed at women. And not just as part of the conflict in the novel, but almost gratuitously, with most of the women in this book being victimized even before the story started. What makes me cringe is that the women that he writes seem to accept it as part of their life, as though they deserve it. Poor white trash trailer tramps gettin' wailed on by their meth-addled boyfriends. It bugs me.This story takes place down in Florida, at a government-sponsored medical clinic supposedly working on a cure for a type of cancer. There were mutant critters, mutant monsters, quicksand and some strange flashbacks to an archaeological dig that eventually got tied into the storyline at the end. Also a lot of sex and violence and sexual domination of women. It was okay, but parts of the novel were trite, and the ending too pat and unbelievable. Lee also left out information in the plot that would have sent red flags up right away if he hadn't been so coy with his readers.
    • 3/5
      A miss for Edward Lee, and a very awful tale that had a lot of promise, but very little delivery. A former Air Force officer and now homeless resident of Florida, Clare receives a visit from a man that offers her a job with no strings attached. Following him there, she finds that she will provide security for a group of scientists that is working on a cure for cancer. However, a strange monster has been reported in the area, and its origins may be prehistoric in origin.I really failed to understand a lot of how the flashbacks to the dig site and the present at the base came together, even though some of it made sense. It was very hard to follow and seemed to almost fulfill a red herring role. The only other Lee book I've read is Messenger and that was okay, but this one was just horrendous.
    • 4/5
      bio-engineered grotesqueries, nefarious government villains, mini murder mysteries, erotica, haunting interpersonal relationships, and a cute, smart female lead -- this is _Monstrosity_.i enjoyed this one. Edward Lee, for me, represents the epitome of "hit-or-miss." i'm not a fan of shock-humor touted as "horror" that involves bodily functions and excretions; typically, it's boring and tasteless to me, so i'm always wary of the John Pelan/Edward Lee-type cheap tricks when i pick up a book by one or more of the authors. while _Monstrosity_ has its share of Lee-type gross-out scenes, they aren't inserted for no reason other than to make you put down your supper. instead, they're deftly interwoven into this taut, interesting, very imaginative horror mystery. in other words, they giveth, and not taketh away. along with the tight and novel plot, i was impressed with Lee's characterizations; everyone was believable, and you ended up rooting for them, or despising them. if you're looking for a great campfire tale about the evils of fascism, spooky atmosphere, disturbing scenes involving sex and horror, and page-turning suspense, you'll dig this.
    • 4/5
      Monstrosity gives a new twist on the fears of bioengineering, with a likeable and realistic female lead and a satisfying ending. Highly recommended!