This was thoroughly enjoyable. I felt like I was in the midst of a strange "stay up until the wee hours" conversation with a friend. Oh, Corey you have a very strange mind! ( )

I didn't really know who Corey Taylor was before I read this, and am not a fan of Slipknot, so I came to this with fresh eyes and no presumptions. It is a fascinating and intriguing account of Taylor's first-hand experience of paranormal activity, and is a down-to-earth, unpretentious, slightly freaked out memoir that suggests (at least) that Taylor is not making this up. I suppose there will be sceptics who will argue that there are good reasons why a musical celebrity might want to foster attention and controversy, but to me at least it didn't read that way.

Which I guess leaves three options: delusion, misconstrual, and fact. It's possibly these are waking dreams or delusions, and I suppose it's possible (though unlikely, given their nature) that Taylor is misinterpreting some rare natural phenomena. I'll leave you to decide. An enjoyable, fascinating and freaky read.

Gareth Southwell is a philosopher, writer and illustrator.

Interesting accounts of paranormal activity that has occurred in the author's presence. I could have done without some of his recurrent and pointless bad language and "cute" addresses to himself.

Corey Taylor, that sly beast, has done it again. As if I wasn't awed enough by his first book he had to show himself up and wow me again. Well done.

As I've stated before, it's not fair that a musician (Corey is the lead singer of both Slipknot and Stone Sour) as talented as Corey Taylor has the amazing and uncanny ability to pick up writing and not just do it well, but do it fucking amazing! Save some for the rest of us buddy!

Anyhow, this book is not a sequel to his first foray into writing, "Seven Deadly Sins," but rather a philosophical debate and cache of stories about the paranormal, afterlife, and ghosts. Corey hilariously retells spooky events that have occurred to him and his friends throughout their lives and discusses the ethics and philosophies of the paranormal.His musings really get you thinking! Yes he may ramble a bit (thankfully, his ramblings are hilarious) but as he says:

But what do I know? I am a singer in a band.. I am prone to outbursts of profound berserker ramblings that fade into one-way lanes before over correcting to keep my Mopar mind on the road... I am the Buddha of babble - witness the vitriol and savor its profundity.

This book will make you think, you may not agree with what he says, but that's not the point, as Corey states,

No one here is going to scoff or judge or fuck with you. I will not allow it. That right there is a beautiful thing about new knowledge, really. It may be strange, and it may scare the fucking shit out of you, but you will wonder. YOU WILL WONDER. ( )