"Under the Skin" by Michel Faber

[antiloquax]

I mentioned this book in the "March" thread, so apologies for repeating myself a little ...

I got this book out of the library after reading about the Jonathan Glazer film.
I enjoyed it (although reading reviews of the film did mean that I already knew some of what was going on from the outset).

I just wondered if other Chron. members had read it and what they thought?

Also, in the clips of the film that I have seen, Isserley's victims walk into a pool of black gloop. This reminded me quite strongly of C. L. Moore's story "Black Thirst" (and nothing similiar happens in Faber's novel).

Anyway ...

 

[Munch]

I read it a few years ago. An interesting plot and a nice easy read to pass an afternoon but nothing spectacular in my opinion. However, I have heard some good things about the film and do kinda wanna go and see it

 

[Hex]

I read it when it came out (I'd liked The Crimson Petal and the White) and found it very intense: horrifying, sickening and pathetic all at once.

It's one of the most powerful stories I've read -- a genuine horror story that has stayed with me for years, rather like Perfume, but with more cars.

I don't want to see the film.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

The film got a great review from Mark Kermode last night on the BBC film review. Mark described the book as "complex" when introducing the film.

 

[antiloquax]

I'd like to see it, but will wait for the DVD.