It’s starts as a murder mystery and gradually deepens into a cosmic horror tale. It grabs the reader and hauls them across a dark and frightening abyss. One has the feeling, amidst rapidly page-turning, they are not so much making the choice to read, but rather being taken by the author’s ability to weave a compelling and terrifying narrative. It’s like not being able to close your eyes to a train wreck. Just as unsettling as the house, are the troubled inter-relations between characters. A theme of verbal/physical abuse in families and relationships occurs often. Such disorder in the character's lives is what enlivens their vulnerability to the evil that inhabits the Kemper House on Willow Street. If you really, really like haunted house stories you will love this one ( )

Hollow House is not an ordinary haunted house type of novel. Though, the book starts off a bit slow, at times I found it a rather unnerving read.

The reason I didn't give it a full five stars is mostly because I couldn't connect with the characters, but the descriptions are fantastic (setting the dark mood quite well), the plot keeps you glued to your seat, and I loved getting the shivers every now and then.

Definitely look into getting your hands on this one if you want a chilling read to keep you warm on Halloween. ( )

Do not read this book if you have a creepy old house in your street. Or if you are home alone. Or at night. Talk about a fright fest. This book sent chills down my spine and stayed with me long after I finished the last page. If you want to scare yourself silly then Hollow House is the book for you. Loved it! ( )

HOLLOW HOUSE BY GREG CHAPMAN rates a ten on my weird & scary meter! This book is so intense I forgot to breath while reading it! From page one till the very odd ending I was hooked! Set in a anywhere USA town, Hollow House takes the reader on a fast paced, scary & bizarre ride!
Characters that are as real as your neighbors & an ending that will surprise you & scare you to death.

This is the first book I have read by Mr. Chapman and it wont be the last. Perfect for the coming Halloween season. I love Halloween because books like HOLLOW HOUSE make themselves known.

Who was E.Kemper? What is the dark thing living in the house next door? Do you really want to find out? Read HOLLOW HOUSE & find out!

HOLLOW HOUSE takes the haunted house to a whole new level! ( )

Willow Street was a place where nothing interesting ever happened. People went about their everyday lives and didn’t pay attention to the abandoned house at the end of the street. That was until the stench of a dead body came from the old Kemper home. Suddenly the lives of everyone living on Willow Street are forever changed.

News reporter Ben Traynor starts to investigate the death in the Kemper House and finds out there is much more here than meets the eye. The strong smell starts off a series of life altering events on Willow Street. Not only is the house cursed but so is the town and no one is safe from its influence.

Hollow House by Greg Chapman is a haunted house story on steroids. This is the first story I’ve read where the house haunts the whole neighborhood and it was this concept that made the story original. I’ve read a lot from Greg Chapman and was really looking forward to this book and it didn’t disappoint. What makes the story interesting is that it gets into the heads of everyone living near the house and they all react differently to the evil infecting the Kemper house and how they are on the surface is different then how they really feel.

One of my favorite characters in this book is a girl named Amy who is getting over a suicide attempt and trying to get her life back together. Though as she is contemplating why she prefers virtual friends over real friends she starts getting plagued by a spirit who wants to make her suffer. I felt Amy was a character that most teenage girls can relate to and was really rooting for her to find the happiness that she couldn’t find online. Another good character was news reporter Ben Traynor who comes across as a callous self-serving jerk early in the book. Later on, when faced with death we see a different side to him and despite his flaws, you learn to like him. The characters in this story seemed so real and that was what kept me reading Hollow House.

Though I generally liked the book I did find the story to be confusing in places and I didn’t understand the ending. The characters in the book were so strong though that I never lost interest. I really enjoyed how complex all the characters were, they act differently in public than they do in their homes and when confronted with the supernatural they show what they are really like. This book is like a case study on what secrets can lie hidden in a small picturesque town. Greg Chapman knows how to create great characters and scare his readers. I look forward to reading more from him in the future. ( )