doing what any good 15 year old would do he confronts the mysterious Ripper to save the girl. along the way he's attacked, then runs smack into Jack the Ripper. first he's off to fetch his uncle who's a Constable, to take care of a minor domestic dispute.
I sure do love it when I get an unexpected treat like this. Hands down, Savage is so much better than I thought it would be. Though it reads more like an adventure tale, Laymon heaps on extra helpings of grisly atrocities to satisfy even the most jaded of gore hounds. I read the majority of this one in one sitting, glad I didn't delay reading it any longer. Trevor survives one brush with death after another as he stalks the ghoulish Ripper across the wilds of America, meeting up with a trove of interesting characters throughout his oddesy. Then the adventures that ensued for young Trevor after running afoul of Jack the Ripper just gre more and more outlandish. Everything was "bully" or gave the narrator the "fantods". I really loved the beginning it was fun (and often laughable) to read the story as written from a British fifteen year old boy's perspective. I got invited to do a buddy read, though, and so I figured what the hell? I put off reading this one for a while, after hearing it was one of his lesser efforts. Quite a good adventure/horror romp for Laymon.
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