Comments on The Killing Moon

Rod Glenn     13th February, 2010 16:27pm

Thanks for taking the time to review The Killing Moon. You'll be interested to know that a revised edition is being released in March that has rectified the grammatical errors in the first edition.

Ros     14th February, 2010 23:46pm

Thanks for the update Rod.

Jim Wright     17th March, 2010 17:55pm

I came across a copy of this in my local Waterstone's. I love post-apocalyptic stories - I Am Legend is a particular favourite of mine. I did notice one or two errors, so I assume it was the first edition. I'm from the north east and recognised many of the locations, so maybe I'm a little bias, but I found myself rivetted right from the Chinese invasion right the way through to the climax in Middlesbrough. Yes, it was violent (extremely so in places), but I found the violence in context with the story. The five friends were portrayed beautifully. The plot at times is very complicated - I struggled at times to work out who was working for who out of the various organisations and gangs, but maybe that was intentional to fuel the mistrust and anxiety that builds up throughout. At times the author went into too much technical detail of things like military equipment - all I really need to know is if it's a shotgun - I don't need to know that it's a Mossberg Whatever Mark II. Having said that, I don't think it detracted from the story - I certainly finished it very quickly and it's not a short novel (320ish pages). Overall a very good read - gritty, a little disturbing in places, but that's balanced by some decent humour. I'd probably give it 3.5 out of 5.

Conner S     9th April, 2010 13:54pm

I bought a copy of this from a marketplace seller on Amazon (much cheaper than Amazon are selling it for!). I have to say I couldn't put it down. I travel to and from work on the train, so I have ample time to read and I finished it in a week. I've never been to any of the locations, but I found the vivid descriptions excellent. There is a LOT of violence and a couple of scenes particularly disturbed me. OTT? Close at times, but very good. My wife's not a big reader, but she's giving it a go too just to shut me up.