Writing style
Conversational · Descriptive · Direct
Resurrection Dreams
Horror
- Print length
- 370 pagesLeisure Books, 2005
Description
A man discovers that he can resurrect the dead, but the extraordinary ability quickly becomes bound to a disturbing personal intention. He wants to use the power on a woman he desires, even though doing so first requires her death. Resurrection Dreams follows the menace contained in that premise: a supposed triumph over mortality becomes inseparable from a plan that treats another person’s life as a means to an end. Richard Laymon’s novel centers its suspense on the gap between what its protagonist can do and what he is willing to do, turning resurrection from a promise of restoration into the foundation of a deadly obsession.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Brisk
Tone
Dark · Frightening · Suspenseful · Unsettling
Focus
Atmosphere · Character · Plot
Emotional intensity
5 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
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Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Leisure Books
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780843951851
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