This is the first book I've read by extreme horror writer Edward Lee and I absolutely loved it. It is about a couple of polychaetologists (worm scientists) accompanied by a member of the Army, and a slutty photographer who travel to a tropical island off the coast of Florida to study a rare type of worm. The island is a closed down military facility and supposed to uninhabited, but college kids often go their to party and fornicate, making good fodder for the 30 foot long parasitic genetically a...

There is really only one thing to say about this book: O, hell no.Read this one at your own risk. SPOILER: This is splatterpunk porn, nothing more. I thought I had a constitution for this type of stuff...I don't.

A small group of people arrive on a supposedly long-abandoned island, for a zoological excursion. Their mission is to photograph and study a rare marine worm. However, when they get to the island they begin to notice strange things. There are cameras planted in the trees, one of the team members seems to be keeping secrets, and of course, the worms. Not the ones they're come to study, but a new species entirely. Not even the professor recognizes these strange worms. They're parasitic, they grow

Sex, drugs, aliens and worms, OH MY! Edward Lee's "Slither" is a mindless little horror novel that may make you squirm momentarily, but its cliche sex, booze and marijuana-happy slithery rompings are ultimately quickly forgotten. If you absolutely must indulge this piece of fluff, take it to the beach...and beware the water!

1. Is this book good? No.2. Did I burn through it in just a few days? Yes.3. Did it contain any redeemable qualities? Hardly.4. Was I thoroughly entertained? 100%.5. Would I ever read it again? Never.6. Do I recommend it? Absolutely.

Gross-out wormy fun that's not trying the be anything more than what it is. Refreshing, raunchy, and ridiculous in the best way.

Another typical Ed Lee book full of violence, sex and plenty of gross scenes. If you need a short, easy horror novel and don't mind some nasty things, this is for you.

nasty, like an erotically chained dream...

If LOST taught the world a lesson is that weird things happen on the islands. And in Edward Lee's capably demented hands, the weird things are spectacularly gross. The man can certainly spin an entertaining gross out fest with his customary blend of sex, voluntary and otherwise. So when a reporter accompanied by a military person and two scientists go on a photographic expedition to an island off the coast of Florida, of course the situation turns deadly in a spectacularly disgusting fashion inv...

Slither is a nasty novel albeit a fun, quick read! You know if you pick up a Lee novel, it will not be butterflies and puppies. The bulk of this takes place on an isolated Key off the West coast of Florida, which was formerly a missile base and still owned by the US Army. A pair of researchers (Professor and TA) and a photographer are helicoptered in under the guide of a Army Lieutenant for a week long trip to try and find a rare marine worm and photo it for National Geographic. Unbeknown to the...

holy wow, thats all i can say, if i thought Flesh Gothic was twisted, this took 2 steps past, then started doing a line dance.3 seperate stories that are constantly crossing paths on this little infested island.The twist, i so didn't peg.The ending was both fitting but a little cliche in its own way

The island of Pritchards Key is home to plenty of wildlife including a new strain of worm as well as several groups of people who are all on the island for different reasons. The scientists, Nora and Loren, are there to find a specific worm for the National Geographic to photograph, there are redneck brothers who are on the island to harvest their pot plants and military personnel who are conducting deadly experiments. As the worms begin infecting people on the island, all hell breaks loose as e...

Leave it to Edward Lee to write something that is both funny and scary and beyond addictive to read once the book is open. The writing style involved wit and charm and totally fascinating scientific jargon that I always enjoy learning something from as he made a tale that was gross enough to raise a few hairs and a tale which made me stay up reading until I was dead tired and count even think of going to work the next day but it was all worth it.Pritchard's Key was a seemingly deserted lush trop...

I thought it was a really good story, especially the ending, but it had some info dumps and ran a bit too long. Very entertaining, with plenty of personality. Sick as hell if you’re a sicko like me.

Messed up, perverse, and over-the-top, Slither is a b-grade horror novel that opens with an interesting premise, almost ruins it by fumbling too many plot threads, and ultimately redeems itself with a polarizing twist in the final fifty pages. Edward Lee definitely has a flair for the macabre, not to mention a trashy, free-flowing style, that makes this a compelling, if uneven, read.The story starts with four separate groups of people stranded on a deserted, nearly inaccessible island. Yeah, tha...

Two stars might be a generous rating for what is, without a doubt, the worst book Ed Lee has ever written (and I've read most of them as you can see by my other reviews). This story only has enough material in it for a 100 page novella, not a 350+ page novel. Instead, Mr. Lee found himself in a jam and had to meet the minimum requirements of the publisher and stretch it out much longer than it should have been. Repetitive dialogue and plot information runs rampant throughout Slither. Mix in a bu...

As with any other Edward Lee book I have read, I knew what I was getting into with this one. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was surprised Slither was a hell of a fun read. B-movie creature feature fun, and did I mention it is Edward Lee? Throw a bunch of party - seeking teenagers, a couple of murderous backwoods cretins, some scientists, a slutty photographer, an army guy, and some shady military types on the same secluded island; plenty of opportunity for mayhem, right? Dump a bunch of muta...

I read this back to back with Monstrosity and there were too many similarities for me to fully enjoy it. Not just the story but the characters, the sex scenes... it was all practically the same. If I had reversed the reading order I may have reversed the ratings.

DNF on page 13. For the internalized misogyny. Constantly. Also the way the author writes female characters sucks. So the horror of parasitic worms is not enough to keep me reading. I have so many books to read so this is getting discarded. Bye.@ Nora: Me @ this book, in general:

I gave this book 4 stars not because it is great literature, but because it was incredibly fun to read. This is Edward Lee at his most lighthearted, which is still incredibly gross and nasty. The book read like a genius late night B-Movie, like a Henenlotter film with a limitless budget. The heart of the book is right there in the gleeful bad taste of a good B-Horror flick, but the vision is incredibly imaginative and wild. Its a perfect mashup of not just horror and sci-fi, but many different t...