by Robert R. McCammon
The Five has been on my radar for at least four years, and I’ve finally read it. After also working through Boy’s Life, They Thirst, and Gone South this year, one thing is for sure: Robert McCammon is now tied with Stephen King as my favorite author. Really! This tome follows The Five — an indepen...
The Five are a struggling rock band trying to make a name for themselves while on tour, they are about to become known worldwide just not in the way they could possibly imagine...Whilst doing promotion for a club gig, The Five's new video is shown, set during the Iraq War. Former sniper Jeremy Pett...
Sort of a modern day "The Committments" in a horror setting. Tense, riviting at times, but leaves you with a feeling that more should have been said. I was unsatisfied when I finally reached the last page.
The Five is a story of good versus evil, light versus dark, family, sacrifice, and the power of music. Great read.
I have not read a new McCammon novel since the late 80s. A couple years ago, I reread The Wolf's Hour which reamains my favorite McCammon's novel. Yet, while NcCammon cam be an involving writer he tends to rehash old plots and is not the best author for three dimensional characters. The fact that he...
I have always maintained that no book Robert McCammon could write would ever compete with my favorite of his works, Boy’s Life. I read that when I was a teenager, a time when I very much needed to hear it’s message. Well, I can’t compare that novel to The Five, which, although there are definite sim...
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