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A MASTERLY WORK OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA AND PSYCHIC TERROR
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Charlotte Nolan and her cousins may not have ended up in the jobs they hoped to have when they were teenagers, but they've made their way in life. Charlotte works for a London publisher, Ellen cares for the elderly, Hugh has left teaching to work in a supermarket while his brother Rory is a controversial artist. Then more than their jobs begin to go wrong as something reaches out of the past for them.
What has it to do with the summer night they spent on Thursaston Common? If the dreams they had that night are catching up with them, how is the Victorian occultist Arthur Pendemon involved? Before the nightmare ends more than one of them will have to enter what remains of Pendemon's house and confront what still lives there in the dark.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I have read a number of Ramsey Campbell's books over the years and it is my belief that he is the nearest British equivalent to Stephen King.
I found this book chilling , unsettling and downright disturbing.
Campbell relies on building up the atmosphere in a disquieting way , which is a healthy antidote to pages of gratuitous gore which some writers /readers seem to relish.
He has the gift of getting into the head of his characters and I found the characters of Hugh , Ellen and Charlotte to be particularly well realised. A good choice for a cold winter evening by the fire....remember to lock the doors first, and keep the lights on!.
I found this book chilling , unsettling and downright disturbing.
Campbell relies on building up the atmosphere in a disquieting way , which is a healthy antidote to pages of gratuitous gore which some writers /readers seem to relish.
He has the gift of getting into the head of his characters and I found the characters of Hugh , Ellen and Charlotte to be particularly well realised. A good choice for a cold winter evening by the fire....remember to lock the doors first, and keep the lights on!.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Ramsey Campbell has produced decades of dark literature that often enters the realm of horror but rarely have the traditional in-your-face moments of fright and gore that typically accompany other novels written in this genre.
With "Thieving Fear", Campbell has written one of his most disturbing and unnerving novels to date. Four young Brits, all cousins, embark on a camping trip to Thurstaston Common and come upon an opening in the ground that reveals an ancient evil. This evil being, aptly named Pendemon, invades all four of their lives and the tale takes on a story within a story feel that is frightening in and of itself. Difficult to follow and with the feel of "The Blair Witch Project" directed by David Lynch, "Thieving Fear" will confound and unsettle you right up to the last page.
With "Thieving Fear", Campbell has written one of his most disturbing and unnerving novels to date. Four young Brits, all cousins, embark on a camping trip to Thurstaston Common and come upon an opening in the ground that reveals an ancient evil. This evil being, aptly named Pendemon, invades all four of their lives and the tale takes on a story within a story feel that is frightening in and of itself. Difficult to follow and with the feel of "The Blair Witch Project" directed by David Lynch, "Thieving Fear" will confound and unsettle you right up to the last page.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Thieving Fear was the first Ramsey Campbell novel I read, and unfortunately it came as a big disappointment. I can understand what the writer was trying to achieve, and it is worth acknowledging that it is well written. Unfortunately, the pace is so plodding and the overall atmosphere so depressing that you lose interest in the main characters long before the novel reaches its slightly predictable end.
There are moments of fear, and some of the experiences of the main characters are disorientating and unsettling. In particular, the plot strand about weight loss and weight gain is well played and shows the cunning of the evil at the heart of the novel. But in making the horrors of the novel so domestic, Campbell makes them almost too normal to be interesting. The characters in the book also seem to be far too slow and incapable to deal with the mounting horror, and with more than one of them I was hoping they would just get a grip and get over it.
The novel feels like a book to fill a hole in a schedule rather than a novel that deserves to exist in its own right. Since reading this, I have read other things by Campbell, and can honestly say he has much better work. But if you are where I was, and looking for your first Campbell book, then I'd advise starting elsewhere.
There are moments of fear, and some of the experiences of the main characters are disorientating and unsettling. In particular, the plot strand about weight loss and weight gain is well played and shows the cunning of the evil at the heart of the novel. But in making the horrors of the novel so domestic, Campbell makes them almost too normal to be interesting. The characters in the book also seem to be far too slow and incapable to deal with the mounting horror, and with more than one of them I was hoping they would just get a grip and get over it.
The novel feels like a book to fill a hole in a schedule rather than a novel that deserves to exist in its own right. Since reading this, I have read other things by Campbell, and can honestly say he has much better work. But if you are where I was, and looking for your first Campbell book, then I'd advise starting elsewhere.
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