2008-09-05 If this is the uncensored version I'd hate to see the censored one.

This is my first review ever on Amazon, though I have been buying books here for years. I bought this book because of the reviews, and I hope no one else makes that mistake. Because of the reviews I had read, I was very much looking forward to reading this book. Actually, I was pretty freaked out even before I got it. And of course I was massively disappointed. The violence is nothing compared to what is coming out in books and movies today. Like one of the other reviewers said, this book was possibly extreme when it was first released, but by today's standards it's absolutely dull. Yeah, it has a fair amount of gore, violence and sex, but I am convinced that the only reason it got censored back then is Ketchum's love of the word c**k, and there aren't many roosters around.

The idea is pretty good, especially if you like movies like The Hills Have Eyes, Wrong Turn and such (sorry, don't know many books with similar themes). But for me it just didn't work that well. There is little suspense and no surprise, and the cannibals aren't really that creepy. Stephen King is a bit of a liar, saying you won't sleep until Christmas if you read this on Thanksgiving. I'd say that if you read this on Thanksgiving, you'll sleep pretty much right away.

This book is exactly for the feint of heart, because horror fans wouldn't react at all.