I recently read Monster Hunter International by Larry Corriea. I have to tell you I waffled on buying this book. I mean I had this fear of Night of the Living Dead, Zombie Apocolypse stuff that was poorly written and didn’t fit into anything that interested me. But, I read some of the reviews and I picked up on Larry’s website and I thought I would take a shot at it. So, I duly brought up my Amazon account, and ordered the book. At the same time, I was ordering a bunch of other stuff so I thought of it as kind of a impulse buy.
Best impulse buy that I ever made. The book is a page turner, and one I had a hard time putting down. There is little or no, slow spots in the read. From the first few pages this thing moves the plot along quickly and efficiently, introducing characters as necessary and providing just the right level of detail to set the visuals of the situation.
Is the plot predictable? Maybe at times but for the most part it twists and turns, and just when you think it is going to go straight on for a bit, it pulls a wild left turn and zig zags all over the place.
Larry pulls in aspects of many different historical cultures and weaves them almost seamlessly into the story telling . Sorry Larry, there were a couple of abrupt points so you don’t get the full seamless comment. However, I think that they abruptness may have been appropriate to the scene on occasion.
I wish I could write a story that is half as entertaining, and half as well written.
This is a damn fine book that you need to go out and read.
Head over to Amazon and get yourself a copy. Do not be put off by the Out of Stock message, or the long lead time that Amazon will give you on your order. This is a Publish on Demand book, and I received mine in about 1/3 of the time that Amazon quoted.
I can’t wait until the next volume is published.
While you are at it, check out Larry’s Blog here