- Hardcover
- Publisher: Cemetery Dance Pubns; Limited edition (Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1587670577
- ISBN-13: 978-1587670572
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,335,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.1 out of 5 stars (25 customer reviews)
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
believable and frightening horror novel, 12 May 2002
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ferryman (Paperback)
Once they were lovers but Janine Hartschorn left David Bairstow because her ex-boyfriend and the love of her life wanted her back. When she became pregnant with Spencer's child, he dumped her. The baby died and Janine almost did as well but she was a fighter and refused to go into the boat of Charon the Ferryman.
When David pays Janine a condolence call, the spark of passion and love reignites in both their hearts. They start going out together but they are both haunted by otherworldly manifestations. David is almost killed in a car accident and the driver of the car is a student who was killed more than a year ago. A stranger kills Spencer, who had been stalking Janine. THE FERRYMAN will not let anyone or anything to keep him from obtaining what he wants: Janine.
Once in a very long while, a horror novel will come along that is so believable and frightening that it will live on in the reader's mind forevermore. THE STAND and THE EXORCIST were such books and so too is THE FERRYMAN. Christopher Golden is a talented writer who makes the audience give credence to events in his novel as if they occurred in the real world.
Harriet Klausner
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but not his best, 24 July 2002
By Juan Suros "jsuros" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ferryman (Paperback)
This is the third Christopher Golden book I have read, after Strangewood & "Straight on til morning", and it didn't really stand up to the quality of the others in my mind. Strangewood was so incredible that I feel bad about comparing anything to it, but there you are.This book is more "adult" in theme, and therein lies the problem. Mr. Golden has shown genius in writing about the pain & wonder of childhood, and the echoes that result down through the generations as a result. There are elements of this in Ferryman, but most of the book concerns the lives and actions of as unsympathetic, self absorbed, even cartoonish a trio of lead protagonists as I can ever remember reading about.
This book agravated a few of my pet peeves, I'll admit. It's very strongly set in a old money New England world that this Californian finds less appealing that the author seems to. I think a token Republican at a party is the closest thing to an ethnic reference in the entire book. It makes a big deal of the homosexuality of a main character, yet never seems to realize that gay relationships are more than sexual. Only villains show any growth or ability to rise above their situation in 'life'. There is some confusion even as to who is, or whether this book has, a main character. The contrast between the Villain's motivation and choice of tools are the main source of this confusion, I think. Maybe I'm just over thinking it.
I wanted to like this book, and there is good stuff in it. Mr. Golden does a bang up job as always in describing the supernatural horrors and in weaving them into the book in a gradual, insidious way. He pulls no punches on bodycount, or who gets killed. At all.
Good stuff. I just wish I hadn't been rooting for the death of the protagonists there at the end.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't pay the Ferryman, 4 Aug 2002
By Jen. M. "murrayj51" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Ferryman (Paperback)
This book reminded me of an old song from the 80s with the lyrics 'dont pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side'. One of the best things about this book is the villian, Charon the Ferryman. Mr. Golden has taken a figure from Greek mythology and made him amazingly frightening. Particularly interesting is the theory behind Charon's appearance as explained by priests Father Charles and Father Jessup. Because Charon was once worshiped or revered as a supernatural figure his presence still exists, even if the modern world no longer considers him important. Another great thing is that Mr. Golden allows Charon to have human emotions, longing and concern and affection for the protagonist Janine.
Without giving away all of the plot details and the scary ending, I found this book interesting and unsettling, and very good. I'm looking forward to the next Christopher Golden novel.
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