The Terror, part 2
It’s somewhat ironic that I haven’t had a lot of time to read lately and yet I’ve had one of the most interesting book I’ve ever started in my hands. Things have been busy at work and I don’t always take my breaks as I should. Well, I made up for it this weekend. I still had approx 300 pages to go, and although very long this book was never boring.
It is a tad depressing as the story is about 125 sailors stuck in the arctic ice for 3 years while searching for the Northwest Passage. Not only plagued with extremely cold temperature, lack of daylight, disease, hunger and mutiny, they are also preyed upon by a presence so evil, it will kill and mutilate sailors and replace body parts knowing that the body will never have a proper burial with just one’s torso stuck on someone else legs, the rest of them eaten for food… that’s if they can dig some sort of grave in this desperate land. As depressing as it might sound, it is definitely one of the best book I have ever read. I couldn’t wait to make time and finally finish it. I read the last pages while watching the Oscars, which wasn’t too hard a deal. Although, Jon Stewart was cutting and totally funny when he was on.
If you have read it or are reading it, let me know your thoughts.
Today, I’m starting Twilight by William Gay, the other book that was at the top of Stephen King’s best of 2007
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