Floating Dragon (Abridged) Audiobook

" Peter Straub is one of my favorite horror authors. His stories are truly terrifying and suspenseful, building some fantasy elements in modern life that flows into such a dark, twisted tale. Floating Dragon is one of them. "

" Decent horror book. It's somewhat like It, in that it deals with a group of distinct individuals dealing with an age-old menace in a small town -- it has a bit of The Mist thrown in (where a government entity has an accident that contributes to the mayhem). The ending feels a bit rushed and WTF (especially the singing part), but the way that Hampstead gets crazier and crazier, and the revelation behind Gideon Winter, was pretty good. Though, perhaps it's an artifact of age, as I recently read Bentley Little's Dominion, and boy did the people in that town go super-crazy. Though, as an 80s horror about a dragon screwing up a small town and the "special" people who combat it, it was pretty good. "

" As horror novels go, it was quite long, somehow emulating King's tome sizes, but I found it quite interesting, and this is the first solo Straub book that I read, which encouraged me to try out others by him, and so far, I haven't been disappointed. "

" Shockingly like Stephen King's IT, especially at the end, but much less imaginative. "

" i'm sure straub is good - i've read collaborations of his and he's sold a bunch. but this was my first (and last?) book of his i read. i remember liking parts, maybe even most, but by the end my only thought was "WTF?" - not in a shocked way, but it just got ridiculously bad "

" I hate that I disliked this book so much, being that it's the only horror novel I know of that has an epigraph by John Ashbery, but it just got so self-indulgent and repetitive. I read somewhere that he said he let it all hang out in this one, well... he should've been more publicly discreet. "

" This was enjoyable. It definitely dragged in some parts (especially toward the end), but on the whole was a good read. Similar to "The Stand" in many ways; it was also fun to find the Talisman/Black House references. "

" An all-time favorite. So many things going on at once, and all of them terrible. It's like the dream of, seeing Grosse Pointe visited by plague. "

" an enjoyable old school read "

" I found this to be a very clever and strange book.I just love stories when there is complete chaos in small towns,although i did think the ending could have been a little better,but overall a brilliant book. "

" Too much backstory and exposition but not enough actual suspense and action to keep me reading past the half way point. I tried... "

" Good but notmy favorite, slow starting "

" I loved this book, but the ending was a bit of an anticlimax for me. "

" Creepy and disturbing. Loved it. "

" Not one of my favorite Straub novels... maybe I need to reread it "

" So good. Scared the life outta me. "

" Not sure when I'll get around to finishing this. It is dragging out... "

" Finally finished it - really not my genre but it says something that at least I finished it. "

" I just love the way you worked in the Ultimate Evil in the novel. Better than Stephen King. Loved this book. "

" Very innovative idea, well-described. Captivating until near the climax, then for some reason seemed to drag. Maybe too many words by that point. But a very worth-while read in any event. "

" One of my favs, period. A really interesting, well-written story, great characters. No hackneyed horror booga booga. The seeds of The Talisman and Black House are here. I think that if you're just getting into Straub, this is a good book to start with. "

" Just not my style, I had to force myself to finish it. "

" I just read this book again. It's still one of the creepiest, intelligent books ever written. "

" One question? Did anybody proofread this story for him? "

" i'm sure straub is good - i've read collaborations of his and he's sold a bunch. but this was my first (and last?) book of his i read. i remember liking parts, maybe even most, but by the end my only thought was "WTF?" - not in a shocked way, but it just got ridiculously bad "

" an enjoyable old school read "

" Very strange, interesting visual but the final confrontation left me severely unfulfilled. "

" Not one of my favorite Straub novels... maybe I need to reread it "

" This was enjoyable. It definitely dragged in some parts (especially toward the end), but on the whole was a good read. Similar to "The Stand" in many ways; it was also fun to find the Talisman/Black House references. "

" It's been so long I can't remember anything, except that I loved Straub's writing. Time for a re -read I suppose. "

" Good but notmy favorite, slow starting "