A small passenger plane crashes on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and the survivors are suddenly plunged into a terrifying fight for survival against genetically modified killer rabbits in E.C. Fisher’s brief horror story, “Cotton Tale”.
In a reinvented tale reminiscent of Monty Python’s killer rabbit meeting an older but not-so-much-wiser Gilligan and friends, Fisher strings readers along on a quick and harried trek through an island jungle where plane-crash survivors are slowly and randomly picked off one by one. Not even the two children included in this ill-fated party are immune to the graphic gore-fest that follows as Fisher drowns his readers in the minute details of how a young boy’s body is hacked apart and eaten by the island’s savage Lepine denizens. The overall moral of the story... Don’t mess with nature.
As is usual for a story of this genre, there is graphic violence, and I cannot recommend it for ages 15 and under. And while there seems to be an underlying touch of humor and irony that the author injects into this macabre read, I can’t say this story appealed to my personal tastes as a horror fan. While Fisher succeeds at creating a viable cast of characters for this story, and manages to inspire some tongue-in-cheek humor for his audience, the idea of a young child being fed to the lions—or rather rabbits—in so graphic a manner and with such vigor crosses the lines of decency and grates on my sensibilities as a parent.
Note: Amazon defines a 3-Star rating as “It was ok”. A 3-Star rating is a neutral rating—It means a book (or product, to be more general) is, in the reader’s eyes, adequate—This is how I rated this story due to the issues cited in my review. In essence, Amazon review ratings are subjective and express a reader’s personal taste and opinion about a book or product—One which is formulated by an individual and may or may not necessarily represent another reader’s opinion. In the end, whether a one agrees with my rating of this item or not, I highly encourage you to either mark my review as helpful or leave your own review.
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Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit Meets Gilligan’s Island!
A small passenger plane crashes on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and the survivors are suddenly plunged into a terrifying fight for survival against genetically modified killer rabbits in E.C. Fisher’s brief horror story, “Cotton Tale”. In a reinvented tale reminiscent of Monty Python’s killer rabbit meeting an older but not-so-much-wiser Gilligan and friends, Fisher strings readers along on a quick and harried trek through an island jungle where plane-crash survivors are slowly and randomly picked off one by one. Not even the two children included in this ill-fated party are immune to the graphic gore-fest that follows as Fisher drowns his readers in the minute details of how a young boy’s body is hacked apart and eaten by the island’s savage Lepine denizens. The overall moral of the story... Don’t mess with nature. As is usual for a story of this genre, there is graphic violence, and I cannot recommend it for ages 15 and under. And while there seems to be an underlying touch of humor and irony that the author injects into this macabre read, I can’t say this story appealed to my personal tastes as a horror fan. While Fisher succeeds at creating a viable cast of characters for this story, and manages to inspire some tongue-in-cheek humor for his audience, the idea of a young child being fed to the lions—or rather rabbits—in so graphic a manner and with such vigor crosses the lines of decency and grates on my sensibilities as a parent. Note: Amazon defines a 3-Star rating as “It was ok”. A 3-Star rating is a neutral rating—It means a book (or product, to be more general) is, in the reader’s eyes, adequate—This is how I rated this story due to the issues cited in my review. In essence, Amazon review ratings are subjective and express a reader’s personal taste and opinion about a book or product—One which is formulated by an individual and may or may not necessarily represent another reader’s opinion. In the end, whether a one agrees with my rating of this item or not, I highly encourage you to either mark my review as helpful or leave your own review.
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2018Format: Kindle
A small passenger plane crashes on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere and the survivors are suddenly plunged into a terrifying fight for survival against genetically modified killer rabbits in E.C. Fisher’s brief horror story, “Cotton Tale”.
Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit Meets Gilligan’s Island!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2018
In a reinvented tale reminiscent of Monty Python’s killer rabbit meeting an older but not-so-much-wiser Gilligan and friends, Fisher strings readers along on a quick and harried trek through an island jungle where plane-crash survivors are slowly and randomly picked off one by one. Not even the two children included in this ill-fated party are immune to the graphic gore-fest that follows as Fisher drowns his readers in the minute details of how a young boy’s body is hacked apart and eaten by the island’s savage Lepine denizens. The overall moral of the story... Don’t mess with nature.
As is usual for a story of this genre, there is graphic violence, and I cannot recommend it for ages 15 and under. And while there seems to be an underlying touch of humor and irony that the author injects into this macabre read, I can’t say this story appealed to my personal tastes as a horror fan. While Fisher succeeds at creating a viable cast of characters for this story, and manages to inspire some tongue-in-cheek humor for his audience, the idea of a young child being fed to the lions—or rather rabbits—in so graphic a manner and with such vigor crosses the lines of decency and grates on my sensibilities as a parent.
Note: Amazon defines a 3-Star rating as “It was ok”. A 3-Star rating is a neutral rating—It means a book (or product, to be more general) is, in the reader’s eyes, adequate—This is how I rated this story due to the issues cited in my review. In essence, Amazon review ratings are subjective and express a reader’s personal taste and opinion about a book or product—One which is formulated by an individual and may or may not necessarily represent another reader’s opinion. In the end, whether a one agrees with my rating of this item or not, I highly encourage you to either mark my review as helpful or leave your own review.
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