Sadie Hartmann's Reviews > Carrion Comfort

This book! *covers eyes* oh my god! I don't know how to feel about it. Dan Simmons is such a great writer and his imagination scares me, like really, really bad! The stuff in this book was CRAZY! I couldn't believe what I was reading. Sometimes I didn't even want to know where this story was going. But despite the horrific plot, one thing that Simmons does really well is character building and backstory. Natalie and Saul are so fleshed out, they feel like real people and you are genuinely invested in their lives which makes what happens to them so hard.
Especially Saul.
Saul might be one of my favorite protagonists in any story. A survivor against the most oppressive and terrifying odds.
Honorable mention is Rob Gentry. I love Rob. A true hero. But this story would be nothing without the anti heroes-the enemies-the villains. No other villains in any other book are as merciless, self serving, cruel or disgusting than the soul sucking Users inCarrion Comfort. I enjoyed most of it but sometimes, I admit, it went too far. So I docked it a whole star for just being too damn long (I could have shaved off at least a couple hundred pages EASILY) and for some unnecessary roughness. Mainly I got tired of my sensitivities being offended which probably wouldn't have happened if this were a shorter book. Anyhow, four stars is still four stars and a worthy horror novel. I'm glad it's over. Hahah