MONOLITH: The Chilling Horror Novel from the Godfather of Gore

I'm a big fan of Shaun Hutson... I've read almost everything he's ever written. But this was a little disappointing and left me slightly perplexed.The first thing I noticed was the very infrequent use of commas. At times it was difficult to read because of the lack of them.The other thing to note was the constant point of view change. Often it was difficult to know whose head I was in...and then it would change again, leaving me more stumped. It's my understanding that an author be clear about whose point of view we are reading, and leave it to that one person unless you change scenes.My perplexity comes from a few things that I don't really want to divulge for fear of spoiling it fir others. But there were some unanswered questions at the end.The story itself had promise, however. Though I would have liked more character development and crossed paths. Overall, this is not up to what I expect from Mr. Huston, though it will not stop me reading anything else by him.

I stopped reading Shaun Hutson when he moved away from horror to crime writing, as that's not for me, but I was quite excited to learn he had returned to his roots and downloaded this book to read on holiday. Sadly, this is not a patch on his earlier stuff. The short, sharp sentences are still there and the book is easy to read, but the whole thing is too long and drawn out, IMO he could quite easily have edited out 100 pages. Also, I know this is a work of fiction but the plot line is bonkers.

I honestly don't know what to make of this tale. I would have liked to know more about the origin if the Golem and the people who originally invented it. The strange happenings in the tower were never fully explained either. What could have been a great read was a bit if a letdown for me..

The Gorefather delivers a fast paced, modern horror/chiller which flows nicely. Actually more story and a bit less gore in this one, which is rare but no less a great book for it.

Brilliant book for settling down with in front of a fire, whiskey and cosy slippers. Brilliant when you need to mong out after a hard day at work dealing with the ever flourishing morons in the world. Needs no concentration unlike 40 hours of my life a week wasted on morons.

25 years ago I discovered Shawn hutson in my local library, first relics, then anything I could find up to assassin, monolith is his most recent book I've read, sadly it pales into insignificance in comparison to slugs, ere us, relics, even death day! Ending feels rushed, and just stops, no real dennumont even an epilogue would have helped, think most would be disappointed in this one...

I grew up reading Shaun Hutson...I loved reading Slugs,Breeding Ground and the great Doyle in White Ghost. Monolith was riddled with Cliches,poor characters,and built to a pretty boring conclusionReally a Gollem

I used to be a very avid reader of Shaun's early work but stopped when he journeyed away from macabre horror into the thriller type genre I must admit after reading this it has re-awoken my love of this terrific author and I am now busy tracing all his previous works to get back into his groove. This is a fantastic read please buy this in any form and enjoy!! Superb stuff.