One Rainy Night by Richard LaymonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Time taken to read - 1 day
Pages - 410
Publisher -
Source - Bought
Blurb from Goodreads
An unusual black precipitation is having a horrifying effect on the residents of Bixby, California, transforming ordinary people into deranged killers. Original.
My Review
So I apparently read this back in 2011 so before my reviewing I believe and one of the reasons I started reviewing. I would buy/read books and be like oh I have read this so this way I can keep track and I actually remembered none of this book at all. A young boy was brutally murdered, likely racially motivated. An officer is back at the scene, looking around when the heavens open and the rain comes pounding down. This is no ordinary rain, it is black and upon touching the skin of a person they become wild, dangerous, murderers even cannibalistic in some cases. It is only affecting the small town of Bixby California and before the night is over many lives will be gone and changed forever.
Right big warnings here guys, racism, racist language, murder, sa, sv, abuse, cannibalism like all the biggest and baddest things humans can do to each other is in this. The book follows a few main characters, a police officer (not the guy at the start), a young girl and her babysitting charge, the wee girls parents who are headed to a restaurant, three teenage boys who are vile even before a spot of rain touches them and a pizza delivery woman who unfortunately delivers to the teens.
It reminded me a little of the movie crazies but far far darker and shocking. Absolute horror, quite graphic in the abuse, murders, sexual violence and abuse so please prepare yourself, 3.5/5.
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