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Lädt ... Castle of Sorrowsvon Jonathan Janz
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a sequel to The Sorrows, the first book. It really should be read first to better understand the castle, but this one has enough info that the reader will "get it". The story begins a bit slow but quickly picks up when all the characters arrive on the island. I found that this on is more brutal, bloody and gory than the first book so if you are squeamish at all you might want to skip both of these books, but if you love a good scary roller-coaster ride...these two books are right up your ally. ( ) In all, an improvement over its predecessor, but damn do I ever hate the 'missing kid' MacGuffin in horror fiction. It tends to override and dominate and become all-encompassing to the point of irritation. This was almost a 5-star book for me, but the last 75 pages were so dominated by the infuriating 'My baby, my baby!!!!' mentality in every step the protagonist took that it dropped to a frustrating 2. There was enough redemption in the final few pages that I wound up rating it a 4 overall, but be warned that at one point the protagonist refuses to fire a gun at an encroaching zombie/specter because he's 'worried it will damage the hearing' of the wailing baby he's carting around. Fortunately, the book is more or less saved by the skillful craft of the author. It is deftly written and quite riveting, aside from the aforementioned reliance on that all-too-common trope of fear, "Daddy Wants Kid Back." I love Jonathan Janz as a writer. I dig his style, I usually applaud his audacity, and I appreciate many of the aspects of horror that manifest in his books. I will continue reading Janz and will probably enjoy most of his stuff, but I have to say here and now that Ben Shadeland is an annoying protagonist who I would relish punching in the face, were it not for the fact that he seems to have transformed from a chubby horror score composer to Arnold Schwarzenegger in the space of about 9 months between the two books. So he'd probably kick my ass, same as he somehow manages to do to Federal agents, gangster bodyguards, and even the Great God Pan. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"One of the best writers in modern horror to come along in the last decade. Janz is one of my new favorites." -Brian Keene A year ago composer Ben Shadeland traveled to the Sorrows, a reportedly haunted island off the California coast, to find inspiration for a horror movie music score. Instead, he found madness, murder, and an ancient evil. His family barely survived the nightmare, and Ben swore he'd never return to the island or its accursed castle. Now Ben's infant daughter has been kidnapped and Ben is convinced that the malevolent creature that lives in the catacombs beneath Castle Blackwood is responsible. Ben joins three federal agents, a sultry medium, and others in an attempt to save his daughter. But what awaits them is far worse than they ever imagined. The creature - an ancient god named Gabriel - has grown more powerful than ever. It has summoned unspeakable monsters to the island - both human and supernatural. And Gabriel won't rest until he has his revenge. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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