- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Dorchester Publishing (3 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0843956453
- ISBN-13: 978-0843956450
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.5 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 444,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Having thoroughly enjoyed my first Brian Keene novel "Dark Hollow" I was looking forward to read what came next & I thought the whole Hallowe'en Haunted Attraction plot would make for a fun book but it turned out to be a wasted opportunity.
Firstly, the book just never really gets going. There's too many repeat-occurences whereby evil consumes it's victims in the same manner & the "climax" takes no more than a few pages and it's all over. Keene has a tiresome knack of ensuring that each and every character he writes about has a "deep, dark secret", even two young kids in this book have thir own demons & by the time I'd got to that point I'd realised that turning the original novel into a series was a bad move. Some books and indeed movies lend themselves to a sequel, some don't. I guess the knack is knowing when to go for it or not but in this case the residents of LeHorn's Hollow should have been left to rest in peace.
Not the worst horror novel I've ever read but don't be fooled by anyone telling you that Brian Keene is the next Stephen King, Richard Laymon, etc.
Firstly, the book just never really gets going. There's too many repeat-occurences whereby evil consumes it's victims in the same manner & the "climax" takes no more than a few pages and it's all over. Keene has a tiresome knack of ensuring that each and every character he writes about has a "deep, dark secret", even two young kids in this book have thir own demons & by the time I'd got to that point I'd realised that turning the original novel into a series was a bad move. Some books and indeed movies lend themselves to a sequel, some don't. I guess the knack is knowing when to go for it or not but in this case the residents of LeHorn's Hollow should have been left to rest in peace.
Not the worst horror novel I've ever read but don't be fooled by anyone telling you that Brian Keene is the next Stephen King, Richard Laymon, etc.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a follow up to the superior dark hollow.Once again something evil lurks in leborns hollow,the tension slowley builds to a decent climax.The pacing is quick and his writing is as always snappy, but the book seems rushed.Keene is a great writer but this is just not up to his usual high standard.Still enjoyable just not great.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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"Ghost Walk" contains all of Brian Keene's signature witty prose and dialogue, memorable everyman characters and breakneck pacing. But it does not have the depth or the true quality to match it up to his other works.
Ghost Walk has the feel of a book written on a whim, as if one of Keene's fans had requested a sequel to "Dark Hollow" and he decided to knock one out quickly while he was working on other things. The premise is barely enough to sustain a full novel, and indeed, the book is only 275 pages long, which means it is barely long enough to even be called a novel.
On the plus side, it does introduce us to more of Keene's Labyrinth mythos - although it's not much more than we'd seen already.
All in all, though, this is not Keene at his best. As I have already said, this is largely because of the impression I get that he didn't really have his heart fully in it from the beginning.
I'm hoping, then, that whatever else was occupying his attention was a lot better, and a lot more representative of his real talents.
Ghost Walk has the feel of a book written on a whim, as if one of Keene's fans had requested a sequel to "Dark Hollow" and he decided to knock one out quickly while he was working on other things. The premise is barely enough to sustain a full novel, and indeed, the book is only 275 pages long, which means it is barely long enough to even be called a novel.
On the plus side, it does introduce us to more of Keene's Labyrinth mythos - although it's not much more than we'd seen already.
All in all, though, this is not Keene at his best. As I have already said, this is largely because of the impression I get that he didn't really have his heart fully in it from the beginning.
I'm hoping, then, that whatever else was occupying his attention was a lot better, and a lot more representative of his real talents.
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Back to the Hollow
This book serves as a follow up to Keene's Dark Hollow (which although not essential, it's probably best to read that first). Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2008 by Rinoa Cameron
Deeper into the Labyrinth
OK. Well if your a Keene fan you'll probably already know this is a kinda follow up to Dark Hollow. If you not a fan it can be read as a stand alone but I'd recommend picking Dark... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2008 by Smokey
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