I enjoyed this book. It was beautifully written. Unfortunately, I have a hard time pinning down just what made it so well written. There was a definite flow to the work and whatever it was, I actually noticed the feel of the language which I normally only notice if the prose is particularly bad.
I loved this odd book and found it very difficult to put down. It's a character driven coming of age story about three young boys growing up in apparent normalcy. But underneath the veneer of normalcy simmers unexpected moments of darkness and danger. As the boys deal with life's many pitfalls -- gr...
This is a very unusual coming-of-age tale that's as much a horror story as it is a warped English version of The Outsiders. The story starts off the with the proposition: What would happen if you lost a tooth and then deposited beneath your pillow without telling your parents? Would the tooth fairy ...
A group of children coming of age together is nothing new, yet Graham Joyce somehow manages to not only make it feel fresh but different as well. In horror, the inevitable comparison for this type of story is Stephen King's "The Body" (filmed as Stand By Me), which is atypical King, but a great benc...
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