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huh?:
I hate to be the dissenter here, but I didn't enjoy the book much. Actually, I didn't even finish it. After 50 pages I just gave up. I was getting confused as to who does what. He'll have several paragraphs of general verse, then one paragraph will have on sentence of critical plot information, but I always missed it because it was surrounded by general stuff (general stuff - like describing someone's day or the minutae a character is doing at a given moment). Sever times I had to go back a page or two because I was just lost. Maybe it's because this was my 'subway' book, which wouldn't lend itself to complex reading. but after my 50 pages there wasn't much story yet, I couldn't tell what character was doing what, and generally didn't feel I was in the story and didn't care what was going to happen. There ae too many other books that can such you in from page one - and after 50 pages this wasn't one of them, so I'm moving on.
forgetable:
I had a lot of high expectations before reading this book. I had hoped it would be the next book to keep me from sleeping. Although it seemed to flow well, for the most part it was quite forgetable. I thought the author could have slowed down on some of the action to build suspense. This book was touted by some to scare the pants off you. Not true in my case. Plot seemed a little convoluted and hard to follow. Really a disappointment.
Simply One of the All-Time Greatest:
I first read this about twelve years ago. It was my introduction to the Rickman ouevre, and what an introduction! To my mind, CURFEW is one the top three or four horror novels of all time (I'd put it in with THE SHINING, THE EXORCIST and THE OTHER). All of the elements that would become Rickman staples are here in force: an impossibly large cast of characters, each of which he gives such an individual voice that we have no problem keeping them straight; a slow build-up to the horrific events, so that we are invested deeply in the characters and town by the time all hell breaks loose; pitch-perfect dialogue; prose that is clear and simple but always evocative. This guy is the best writer in the horror game, and this novel is probably HIS best (CANDLENIGHT and MAN IN THE MOSS also rock!). Get it now!
Bleh:
I suppose you have to interested in such things to find this book interesting. While the wording is nice and flows well, the plot and characters quickly become tangled and hard to keep seperate. I'm selling my copy, and already have a buyer! Hope she enjoys it far more than I did!
A little shorter it would be a 5:
This book was good and Rickman had a lot of issues to tie together he did it very well. The story twisted and unfolded well but if it was 2/3's the length it would have been 5 stars
| Author: | Phil Rickman | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 823.914 | | EAN: | 9780399138614 | | ISBN: | 0399138617 | | Number Of Pages: | 492 | | Publication Date: | 1993-07-07 |
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