Category: Book Reviews
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Holly – by Stephen King – Book Review
Stephen King’s HOLLY marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her own, and…
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Gone Where the Goblins Go – by Matt Betts – Book Review
In the near future, Tilly, a former army pilot mourning the loss of her father, has been recruited by a British conglomerate to fly a rescue team into war-torn China in search of their missing conservationist and his team. Joined by an eclectic collection of misfits, Tilly and her makeshift crew must brace themselves for…
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Bad God’s Tower – by Erica Summers – Book Review
Vicious criminals, Eugene Dempsey and Chester Craven, escape Wyoming Territorial Prison armed with nothing but striped prisoner pajamas and a Lakota’s hand-drawn map that, according to legend, will lead them to the unfathomable riches in a secret tunnel burrowed into the base of Devil’s Tower. Seeking their golden fortune, the fugitives head north, leaving their…
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Run Rabbit Run – by N. A. Williams – Book Review
Born into a bloodline of strong and healthy males, fifteen-year-old August Foxx is the anomaly. A cripple by the very definition of the word, suffering from a rare neurological disease. In the midst of navigating the choppy seas of his abnormal boyhood, August witnesses a disturbing confrontation between his parents that leaves him questioning his…
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Greyfriars Reformatory – by Frazer Lee – Book Review
Nineteen year-old Emily’s acute dissociative disorder causes her to be institutionalised – again – at Greyfriars Reformatory For Girls. Caught in the crossfire between brutal Principal Quick and cruel bully Saffron Chassay, Emily befriends fellow outcast Victoria. When the terrifying apparition of the mysterious ‘Grey Girl’ begins scaring the inmates to death, Emily’s disorder may…
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With a Blighted Touch – by J. Todd Kingrea – Book Review
In Scarburn County, Tennessee there is a small mountain community called Black Rock, known for its unusual and prevalent blight that affects all vegetation . . . When an unexpected death forces Christopher “Kit” McNeil to return to his small hometown in the Tennessee mountains after eighteen years, he must confront his past and a…
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Little Spooks – by Terry Miller – Book Review
Dark bleatings everyone! Little Spooks is indeed a collection of “little” spooks – it’s 30 horror drabbles. It’s a super quick and fun read, and here are some thoughts on/summaries of each bite-sized nightmare. THE BAD CHILD: Is there anything more disturbing than the continuous crying of a small child? THE EYES HAVE IT: Collecting…
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Fearful Implications – by Ramsey Campbell – Book Review
FEARFUL IMPLICATIONS collects twenty recent tales by Ramsey Campbell, ranging from the uncanny to the satirical, the disturbing to the comical, and sometimes they meet in the middle. Can our mobile phones connect us to the afterlife? A voice from a bush tempts a child off a path, and a street performer’s routine proves to be…
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30 Days of Night – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
The Official Novelization of The Terrifying Film In the sleepy and secluded town of Barrow, Alaska — the northernmost settlement in North America — its citizens are preparing for the annual coming of the Dark, when the sun will set for more than thirty consecutive days and nights.But this year, the Dark will bring something…
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Naked & Famous – by Elizabeth Broadbent – Book Review
Sixteen-year-olds Harlan, Brooks, and Don’t-Call-Me-Tiffany-Sue T. S. have zilch to do during their summer in a podunk Southern swamp town. T. S., who’d give a lesser toe (or maybe pose in Playboy) to escape, hits on an if a bad tabloid can play cut-and-paste with Bigfoot photos, why can’t they serve up the real thing?…
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