Out Are The Lights is interesting because it contains one novella and five other
short stories. The big
story though, is obviously the most important
thing about this book.
Although I found it quite an enjoyable
read, I thought the storyline was a little cheesy. The plot is that there is a couple of mad
people out there who put people into various horrific situations,
film them and sell it to a film. company. It all sounds a little "Goosebumps" or "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?" to me. Keeping in mind however, I believe this was written in the early 90''s, so this kind of thing wouldn''t seem as "lame" back then.
It does make for a good climax to the story. I won''t go into too much but I will say that I would be lying if I said my heart wasn''t racing at the end.
There is another side to the story too though, and from start to finish the only thing it seems to involve is a husband and wife having troubles, meeting other people and splitting up. There are sex chapters a plenty (As is normal in any modern book these days) but for this book it seems to be sex just for the sake of throwing it in, it doesn''t really effect the storyline.
The five short stories are great. My personal favorite is "The Tub", which just sends a shiver down your spine.
All in all Out Are The Lights isn''t bad. As a Richard Laymon fan I was quite dissapointed, but it''s not exactly the worst book I''ve read. There are parts of the story I will always remember, but I wouldn''t pick it up and read it again, unless it was for one of the short stories.
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