- Paperback: 269 pages
- Publisher: Spectral Visions (Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1931402213
- ISBN-13: 978-1931402217
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,333,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Garrett Peck, THE HELLNOTES BOOK REVIEW, January ,11, 2001
...bet the story that follows will keep you enraptured long into the evening...
...I guarantee you've never read anything like it before.
...I guarantee you've never read anything like it before.
Edo van Belkom, BRAM STOKER AWARD-winning author of 'TEETH'
...is a blood-soaked novel of horror and magic, wonder and weirdness...a story with plot twists a-plenty and a cast of characters you won't soon forget.
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Surprising, non-stop, or in a word, compelling., 26 Oct 2001
By phillip tomasso III - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
Surprising, non-stop, or in a word, compelling. Diana Barron must have an unparalleled mind when it comes to imagination. Her first novel, Phatom Feast, in my opinion, is a successful cross of genres. The book is full of dark and bizarre horror ingredients, while magical fantasy is added to spice up the already hot story. Topping off this `Feast', is a mystery that kept me turning pages.Everything must start at the beginning. Phatom Feast is no different. Barron introduces a line of characters that are each more unique than the next and each with a background more mystifyingly intense then the one before it. When a house touched by magic seemingly takes over the city-when a jungle explodes into the heart of Hester, New York-when everything was once considered sane and, if not normal, at least explainable . . .
Some unknown horror stalks those who are unfortunate enough to find themselves as victims of prey. If the city streets still resembled paved roads instead of wintry woods full of carnivorous beasts, perhaps escaping with your life might seem more possible. But when the unexpected is the norm, then . . . good luck finding a sanctuary.
Phatom Feast is an almost guaranteed haunting read. Clever dialogue and creative narrative allow a reader to become absorbed into the story, as if an included character in Diana Barron's story. From the beginning until the magical end, Barron's novel not only held my interest it demanded my attention. I will impatiently be awaiting more from this talented writer.
--Phillip Tomasso III, author of Third Ring & Tenth House
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ehhh....., 10 Nov 2009
By Yolanda S. Bean - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
This was a very strange book. I must say that I expected more after reading the reviews. It was not scary, just unnecessarily gory. The only character that was at all likable was Solly the golden retriever. I just didn't like this book very much. For having a lot of action, it came off as a story being told, with cliche wording and odd phrases that just seemed childish, not edgy e.g. "trying to turn Solly into coleslaw." Most of the people were wooden and the plot was more ridiculous than anything else, with a lack of motivation/explanation behind it. All in all, this was disappointing.
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointed, 28 Oct 2009
By C. beckley "CB" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Phantom Feast (Paperback)
I read the reviews for this book and even selected it for my first book club meeting. It was very disappointing. The characters were all equally developed, there was none that stood out to which I could identify and often the descriptions were just plain boring. Characters seemed stereotypical and the pages describing them were often only two pages before they were killed. It got to the point where I just skipped ahead because what is the point of reading a cliche description of a stereotyped character, that you don't develop any feelings for, only to have them leave the plot two pages later. Technically, I thought the reading level was very low- tenth grade. The alternate reality was mildly interesting, but nothing particularly clever or page-turning. I'm sorry to say that I disliked the book enough to spend the time reviewing it so that others might not waste their time if they are looking for something with any depth at all.
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