Disgusting and depraved, without the qualities that make Little so much fun to read. This is more for the splatter punk crowd. I almost stopped a couple of times, but it's Little, so I might as well skip the truly awful junk and move on. I missed a lot of the book, I skimmed/skipped so much. I'm not a splatter punk person.

This was definitely one of Little's early books. Yech. Unless you want to read alllll the 1990s triggers, stay away from this one.

Why the two star? Well, it's still Bentley Little. This was his first foray into the style he'd follow for the rest of his writing career. His books usually contain a good bit of tongue in cheek humor. This one had a hint, but not enough to make up for the truly rough stuff. I enjoyed the general idea, but not exploits. ( )

A typical formulaic Bentley Little. A powerful entity has grown out of control and over-the-top bad weirdness and bloody mayhem ensue.......blah blah blah. A person should only read one Bentley Little book every five years to avoid redundancy.

My reason for reading this book was phenomena going on at a nearby university town. It is thankfully on the other side of our county line and there is a twenty mile buffer zone between here and there......but there just seems to be way too much violent crime in that community. For instance, our county just saw it's third murder in the last fifty years........the nearby university town can have 3 murders in six months. I also once did a comparison of statistics.....the University of Michigan is four times the size of our local, and had 0 murders in Ann Arbor during the same time frame in which our local university town had 5 murders. Interesting, too, because the locals are aware of it (they get all touchy if you bring it up) but prefer to pretend it isn't happening in their community.

I doubt that Bentley Little's solution is applicable, but still, you never know. ( )

Bentley Little does it yet again with University...although unfortunately there are more flaws here than some of his other works.

Two students going to a college begin trapped in a desperate struggle to unwrap a mystery that's killing their fellow students and threatening their existence. I don't wish to give away more of the plot than that, as it may put a hamper on the story if you read it yourself.

The atmosphere is cold, dark, and depressing. Brutality is evident all around, and Little does not play around with subtlety's. Jim Parker is a great character. He's three dimensional and focused. It was interesting for me, an adult woman, to see through the eyes of a college student male. He appeared stable and reacted the way I figured most would. His life was interesting and that made it even more fun. He had his own classic sets of internal struggles.

Faith Pullen's life comes off a bit harsher but she has that strong sense of self that I admire. She's enjoyable to read about because, not only does she come across as genuine, she comes across as a survivor. Yucky about her mom and what the woman does with sodas!

The pace wasn't boring or uneven and it came across as well orchestrated overall. Again Bentley Little is dark. Except this time he's a bit too unbalanced for my tastes. Some the gore was a bit too excessive, the violence a little unnecessary -- to where they became the focal points more than the story itself.

University is worth a read but it's nothing as shattering as his other works. Many books leave a taste in my mouth when they are unpleasant -- and usually this is a good aftertaste. This one, however, didn't agree with my taste buds as well. It just came across a little too senseless and exploitative, not concentrating as much on story and shock factor. ( )

Absolutely brutal. I love the fact that such a silly premise could be a vehicle for both intense action and the development of imperfect, sympathetic characters. Being a student, it was fun to notice those archetypes that seem to exist in all universities, even when they were exaggerated to horrifying proportions. Great book, great author.

This book was good, but wasn't my favorite by this author. There were too many characters and too many different things going on to keep up with all of it. ( )