Comments on: The DeVouring by Simon Holt

By: adrianna

adrianna — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:39:23 +0000

simon holt used to blog on his preupdated devouring site

By: qwerty

qwerty — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:31:12 +0000

i dont really understand what you mean by ‘assembly line books’. do you mean like a ghost writer? because i’ve also been trying to find out more info on the author but theres nothing at all:(

By: Zie

Zie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:16:19 +0000

Alrighty then. I also own the book, and what a great buy it was. I thought’d it be one of those sappy idiotic, terrible ideas for a novel type of deal. And like you, I thought wrong. This book is amazingly written. And I honestly wish the people I see everyday in school with their noses buried in their ‘Twilight’ books can see the greatness of this novel. It shows such a great image of what’s happening at any given moment, and it grabs you, holds you, then makes you crap your pants. This book was scary. Genuinely scary. Also like you, the first couple nights I was reading it, I was just… Gah. Terrified by all means. It’s not very often I pick up a book, with mediocre thoughts on it, and actually find it not only to be good, but make me shiver when I’m in a dark room.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a brain. :]

By: SamAnne.sivaD

SamAnne.sivaD — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:09:24 +0000

I bought the book because of the cover and the title’s wordplay. This was so full of exceptional imagery…the similes were fantastic! I could feel what was happening; could see everything in such vivid detail–I absolutely love the style. The idea for the novel (way to go Mark Allen Smith) proved more entertaining than I had hoped. (This novel was just supposed to help postpone grading papers and now I want another one…as long as it’s written as well as this one was.)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:18:30 +0000

I’m so glad you reviewed this — I’d been on the fence about reading it (I have an ARC) for the very same reason you mentioned.

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:55:16 +0000

I am so happy to finally see a review for this book somewhere! I have been sitting on the fence about buying it since I first saw it in the store the day after it came out. I have issues with spending the money on a hard cover book if I am not sure that it will be 200% worth it. It has intrigued me since I read the cover flap and saw the cover itself, but I didn’t know what I should do about it.

Though, I am not a huge fan of scary clowns.

BUT, I might just pick this up and read it on the Winter Solstice though like you suggested, sounds like a fun idea.

By: brina

brina — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:19:02 +0000

BC, you know that was a metaphor. I’m sure there are even young women involved. But old white men hold all the power.

But really, what I’m saying here is that perhaps my prejudice is not quite fair. Because obviously these novels can be and often are very good.

By: Book Chic

Book Chic — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:57:43 +0000

I read this book not too long ago, and I had no idea it was written as an assembly-line book. Of course, this explains why I couldn’t find anything at all about the author online. I really enjoyed the book and I’m glad you did as well.

Also, do they have to be old, white men? Why can’t there be women involved too? Or even young white men? lol