by Adam Nevill
I was disappointed with this book. The only thing that made me finish it was curiosity but you know what they say about that! The author was out to shock and nothing more. I didn't feel any tension or fear whilst reading it and I certainly won't be in a hurry to read it again, or buy any more books ...
I honestly have no idea what to write about this book... I found the idea behind the book interesting, but the writer somehow fails to deliver. There seems to be a lot of descriptions about the horrible things in the paintings, but it gets a bit repetitive and not that scary. There was a couple of g...
I honestly have no idea what to write about this book... I found the idea behind the book interesting, but the writer somehow fails to deliver. There seems to be a lot of descriptions about the horrible things in the paintings, but it gets a bit repetitive and not that scary. There was a couple of g...
Solid, English-paced horror. The last third of the book was excellent, the beginning a trifle slow. My biggest gripe is the Seth character, who is sympathetic only because he is basically a moron. Nevill is a creative, descriptive writer, who excels at the 'creepy'.
The ending was not really up to much. It ended with a whimper rather than a bang. It left me feeling a bit hard done by. What was the point of the story exactly. Stories are meant to move from A to B. On occasion you even get a C or D thrown in. Think of what the book version of the movie INCEPTION,...
In short: This is a horror novel cranked to the max, kind of an embodiment of so many things that horror novels are. This means that it gets some things really, really right (so creepy!) and others really, really wrong (cardboard characterization! crappy handling of women!). Because it is delightful...
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