Twisted: Tales of Obsession and Terror

Rick R. Reed
Booklocker.com (2006)
ISBN 9781591139515
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/07)


"Twisted” is a collection of short stories. In Rick R. Reed’s first story, “Crime Scene,” his character thinks, “…there was that morbid curiosity thing: that stopping to look at accidents on the highway compulsion from which we all suffer.” This statement applied to me in regards to reading “Twisted.” I would start a story and then feel really uncomfortable about the depravity of what was happening in the plot, yet I would keep reading, getting more and more unsettled. This reminds me of being on a scary rollercoaster ride: I will be terrified and uncomfortable, relieved when it is over, yet get back on and ride it again. Then, I think, why am I doing this? I found that I couldn’t put this book down.

The author uses both human and inhuman characters in “Twisted.” Some of the human characters had no sense of humanity within themselves. Reed takes you into their minds, and makes you feel like you are a part of what they are involved in, whether you like it or not. The vampire characters he uses are also very entertaining. I enjoyed the twists and turns that Reed throws into the plots to leave the reader off guard.

If you enjoy unsettling horror stories, then “Twisted” is definitely the book for you. I would not recommend this book for children, just adults. I do recommend this book. It will take you for a ride!

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