This might possibly be the worst book I have ever endured. Laymon's descriptions of the sex/rape scenes are so far beyond "sophomoric" as to make me think that the writer himself has a very unhealthy view of human sexuality. Every few pages, someone is getting raped by a Beast, or having semi-consensual sex with a Beast, or "squirming and groaning" with another human being. Awful, just completely horrendous. There are not enough negative adjectives to describe this book.