by Peter Straub, Robertson Dean
Lee Harwell is a writer with writer's block and a detective's need to uncover just what happened to his wife and her friends in a meadow in the 1960's. There was a guru, a ritual, and, at the end of the night, a dismembered body. Harwell's wife, Lee Truax, has been obstinately silent about the event...
Ever since I started buying ebooks online, I've been forgetting to actually look inside the physical book I'm buying from the physical bookstore before I get home. Stupid mistake.My tipping point was when the main character said that he was an author and therefore notices the words people use and do...
I keep thinking I'd like Straub. I've tried to read one other of his books but just didn't get into that one. I'm going to try again but A Dark Matter was not that good. A Dark Matter is narrated by Lee Harwell who is an author and was pushed to write a nonfiction story, so he decides on a series ...
Why is it that none of Peter Straub's books has ever been wholly satisfying? I've always been a little frustrated by his novels, even the one that made him famous (Ghost Story.) I think thus far Shadowland has come the closest to indelibility (is that even a word?) for me - but I thought this one ...
I'd give it maybe 3 1/2... The story wasn't the intriguing part, what hooked me was the tone and descriptive voice Straub used to tell it. I wish I wasn't so puzzled by it all because I was left with a feeling of 'did I miss something?' I enjoyed the flow that had me lost in the strange event the bo...
Difficult to get into, and hard to get back into once put down, but worth persevering as got much better in the the second half, then i couldn't put it down!!
Boy did this book drag. I nearly fell asleep each time I opened it, but did push on to the end because the writer has a reputation for being very good. None of the characters mattered to me. The concept seemed interesting, but I didn't care about the big event either when the time finally came for ...
The story revolves around an event that occurred in 1966 in Madison WI, when 4 teenage friends get caught up in an occult ritual performed by Spencer Malon; with whom they have become infatuated.The narrator of the story is Lee Hayward, who was friends with the 4 and is now married to Lee Truax, one...
In the summer of 1966 eight friends venture into a meadow to take part in a secret ritual. At the end of this ritual only six emerge from the meadow. Those who emerged were changed forever. Lee Harwell was a friend to those who went that night, but declined to go along. Fast forward many decades...
I generally like Straub and I wanted to like this book. But, I just couldn't get into it. It was slow moving. At one point, I realized that I didn't really care about the big "mystery" . I just wanted the book to be over. At that point, I gave up. I don't like stopping in the middle. I try to finish...
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